virtual_tanuki_2

 Well, here again another study of a possible design for a tanuki-trunc.

The virtual  as a refernce-picture and a picture of the raw  trunc just for the record.

tanuki_project_1

 

Working on the trunc is not finished yet, but here i go with a quick virtual of the project:

The source is a stem of a Thuja wich died unfortunately a couple of years ago.

I carved and hollowed here and there a bit. 

fenceline_yew

 I must confess, i could not resist to style this yew before shedule.

The tree showed such a great vitality, that i decided to give it a try.

A picture of the yews development . The pale background shows the  tree before the styling-session.

the_joy_of_transformation_part_two

 Same game, different tree.

Again a Juniperus Squamata 'Holger' (i guess). 

I am not quiet sure about the name of this particular species. 

Please leave a comment if you know more about this Juniper-variant.

Mister Jens Ringe from "Bonsaikunst Hamburg" helped me with the heavy bendings 

of the new truncline. 

The last picture again shows the blending of the raw-material with the tree as of today.

Within this picture the part of the original-state is a bit blanched in order to differ the two stages.

the_joy_of_transformation_part_one

 Worked on this Juniper a couple of days before. 

I am reasonably satisfied with the result, if  you take the speed of the development into account. 

I am trying to display that in the third picture, wich is a blending of the actual state of the tree into the 

state of  December 2020.

And please bear in mind that this had been the very first serious styling-session for this tree ...

update_blauwii_juniper

 It is my oldest tree by the way. I bought this one in 1997 at a nursery.-

I spent lots of houres for fine-wiring. but i am  not satisfied with the design yet.

The pads have to develope more character.

first_styling_yew_#4

 The first styling-session on yew No. 4..

There are maybe too less negative spaces yet, therefore the tree loks a bit too dense.

The leaf-pads appeare not that sharply worked out as well.

I will improve that in the near future after the yew astablished again and regained strengh.

The deadwood_stump will be worked on next spring.