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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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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Persiano"
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We should be working to create trees that ARE NOT the norm. );-)
Cordially,
Michael Persiano
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Surely, but I'd modify your statement to say "artists" and/or "already
skilled individuals" should be working to create trees that are not the
norm. Beginners and those who are still feeling their way through and/or
still working to internalize the basics should be working to copy the basics
provided by excellent examples.

Of course, those who are not really trying to become artists should be
working to create whatever they darn well please. ;-)

Kind regards,
Andy Rutledge
www.andyrutledge.com/palaver/main.htm
zone 8, Texas

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


Thanks, Michael. Thoughts like these need to be tattooed in some
conspicuous place for a lot of bonsiests.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The ignorant
man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the
common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of
nature. -- George Dana Bordman

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Yeah, not the norm as in exceptional trees with balance and serenity. Not trees just to be different.

Kitsune Miko

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


Thanks, Michael. Thoughts like these need to be tattooed in some
conspicuous place for a lot of bonsiests.

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