Hi All:

A demonstrator at my bonsai club said that cascade bonsai should NOT have a
forked tail at the end. I was too interested in watching the design at hand
that I failed to ask why. Anyone here would like to jump in?

Ed. Spaans
SW lower MI where we have had continuous lightning and thunder for almost 3
hours!

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In a message dated 8/3/2003 6:35:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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A demonstrator at my bonsai club said that cascade bonsai should NOT have a
forked tail at the end. I was too interested in watching the design at hand
that I failed to ask why. Anyone here would like to jump in?

Bonsai is art, art is about leading the eye, a fork confuses the eye. It
doesn't know which way to go.
Billy on the Florida Space Coast

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Yes, Billy, the classic cascade is an upside-down triangle. The only
variant is the tip at the bottom, which is turned to the side as though it
were trying to reverse itself to seek the sun. Yet, I think it's a bit
artificial when I see cascades with a minature bonsai growing at the point
where the trunk begins its plunge downward. One thing's for sure ... in
order for a cascade to be effective, it needs a sharp angle on the trunk
when it leaves the lip of the pot.
Marty
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Subject: [IBC] Question on cascade bonsai style.


In a message dated 8/3/2003 6:35:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:

A demonstrator at my bonsai club said that cascade bonsai should NOT
have a
forked tail at the end. I was too interested in watching the design at
hand
that I failed to ask why. Anyone here would like to jump in?

Bonsai is art, art is about leading the eye, a fork confuses the eye. It
doesn't know which way to go.
Billy on the Florida Space Coast


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In a message dated 8/3/2003 8:36:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:

Yet, I think it's a bit
artificial when I see cascades with a miniature bonsai growing at the point
where the trunk begins its plunge downward.

I agree.
Billy on the Florida Space Coast

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Yet, I think it's a bit
artificial when I see cascades with a miniature bonsai
growing at the point
where the trunk begins its plunge downward.


I agree.

And not only is it "artificial" it often is downright odd
looking -- even ugly.

Jim Lewis - -
Tallahassee, FL - The phrase 'sustainable growth' is an
oxymoron. - Stephen Viederman

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Yet, I think it's a bit
artificial when I see cascades with a miniature bonsai
growing at the point
where the trunk begins its plunge downward.


I agree.

And not only is it "artificial" it often is downright odd
looking -- even ugly.

Jim Lewis - -
Tallahassee, FL - The phrase 'sustainable growth' is an
oxymoron. - Stephen Viederman

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A demonstrator at my bonsai club said that cascade bonsai should NOT have a
forked tail at the end. I was too interested in watching the design at hand
that I failed to ask why.

It would look like the devil.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

it has to d with the flow of the tree. if you have a fork at the end your
eye has nowhere to go. this holds true to most forms of art
steve wachs

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