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In a message dated 1/15/2004 11:48:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:
There is nothing invested in the branches to begin with, so elimination
is all the easier. It's more of a test of your design fortitude on some
older materials.
Alan:

I would modify this by stating it's more of a test of your design fortitude
and creativity on some older materials. );-)

Friends: Bar branches should not be viewed as the plague when practitioners
execute design activities, particularly with old materials. Although bar
branches are frequently difficult to integrate into a success bonsai illusion,
there are times when such branches actually add to the design.

Those of you who are faced with such branching need to exploring the branches
in the context of different potting angles, degrees of horizontal rotation,
etc. Look to see what Marco Invernizzi did with a Japanese White Pine on page
39 of Bonsai Today, Issue #85. The after picture reveals how a bar branch
was made to work through rotation and a new potting angle.

We should be working to create trees that ARE NOT the norm. );-)

Cordially,

Michael Persiano
http://hometown.aol.com/iasnob/index.html

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