it_had_been_a_gift

 ... as raw-material of course.

Two years ago i visited a nursery in a suburb of my home-town. 

A small Taxus baccata laid aside a road on the nursery-yard, wich had obviously been run over by a 

tractor or such. The little tree was in a very poor state, but i thought, what a pitty, one should try to

develop something out of almost less than nothing.

As i asked the manager to buy this unlucky specimen, he looked at me in the most  compassionated

way and said : "Well Sir, its a gift ... ."

Maybe this man considered me for being an absolut mad-man (or rather an utter fool), but anyway, 

here I go with my Taxus.

Formerly the yew had two stems and a whole lot more branches but most of them were broken.

So I decided to go for a very reduced design from scratch.

less_is_more

And again a tree, wich I considered to be too dense.

This was okay so far, since the tree gained a lot of energy because of its large amount of green-mass.

But then comes the time to "destill" a kind of essence of the tree's character.

Now I will start again to lead the growing-energy to the right spoots within the trees-System.

Sometimes things has to become worse before getting better ...

Do not be disappointed when comparing the pistures of May '23 to nowerdays state of development.

In the long run, this concept of reducing to the max will be rewarding ...

the_other_Squamata

My designing-aim on this one had been: 

1) developing the green-mass closer to the trunc 

2) creating a domeshaped apex and

3) defining the leaf-pads ...

I am satisfied with this state of  design so far ...

Pictures as of today ...

Maybe you know this picture already, as of January 2021:

the_Squamata's_way

 Further development of one of my Juniperus Squamata (meyeri or blue star variaty).

The very beginning of this particular designing-journey had been not that easy for me.

Didn`t know what to do with the raw-material, but once you start to find the truncline and do some 

structural wiring such a project turns out clearer and clearer.

pictures as of today, with different front-views ... wich one do you like best?

boring_raw_material_?

 What would you do with this taxus baccata?

 It is not that type of raw-material you would prefer, is it? ...

Howsoever, here is a picture before the designing-session:

The first stage as an pre-bonsai :

And the overblende view of "before and after"-pictures 

deadwood_Taxus_next_level

Today I found some time to bring on the design of this Taxus a little bit more anhead .

I slightly "condensed" the tree a bit.

The tree is for sale, by the way...

After putting off the last year's wiring, the tree looked really wired. 

So normaly sheduled work on this particular yew. I now like the design better. 

The tree is for sale, by the way...

redesigning_a_small_taxus

The other day I decided to redesign one of the small yews of my collection.

I was no longer satisfied with the former plan trying to pull the apex up, in order to avoid an unusual 

appearance of the crowns tip, wich had an unreal tendency to make a loop toweards the ground.

Now I tried to solve this flaw of the overall design with a flat, roundshaped "dome" of the apex.

My aim was it, to evoke a more matured tree.

You decide, if I suceeded with this aspiration ...

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