Michel

Hi,

Some time ago, I promised one of You to show the (awesome) pics
of a recent exploit Marc Noelanders did with a humongous Taxus (yew);
We already heard about this feat in our monthly master class at the time,
as we shortly - as good students all over the world are supposed to do -
got him sidetracked and got him to tell about it a bit. He had a twinkle in his eye
and he spoke of it in a spirit which, to say the least, best can be compared with
that of a kid in a toy megastore; He ‘d really been having a ball on this one.

Meanwhile, some of these pics already appeared in the 87th issue (Jan.2008)
of the German magazine “Bonsai Art” (which all class members, including myself,
ordered on the spot), and a compilation of them was also on display at the
recently held Noelanders’ Trophy IX .

But not all were, and especially the first and the last pic give some perspective
to the size of the task accomplished.
As however the job-in-progress pics were displayed (NT-IX) behind glass,
I regret to say that I couldn’t capture these in a straight frontal way because of
obvious flashlight problems. So I had to shoot them at an angle.
But anyway, enjoy . . .


1. Frolicking in anticipation for the job ahead



2. Jeeez’ . . . What a whopper ! ! !



3.Early stages of design (2 pics)





4. Firehouse and other wizz tricks.



5. Finalising the work on the tree.



6. Recapturing the trees’ stages


7. Me next to a +-live sized pic (103%) of the finished tree.

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Michel

JTGJr25

I am at a loss for words...

Tom

Ravenna

Hi Michel,

thank you for the pics. I read the article about this tree in BonsaiFocus I think it was... pretty impressive

Phil

Well at least you didn't place this in the Shohin-Mame forum!
That is one awesome tree! I don't believe I have ever seen someone actually climbing up a bonsai to style it! Can you imagine if one injured themselves while working on such a tree? When asked "How did you break your arm"? and responding; "Oh, I fell out of my bonsai while trying to wire a branch"! Nice as it is I certainly would hate to have it my possession. I can just imagine trying to drag that damn thing into my garage for the winter! (after removing my car nonetheless)

~Phil

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Michel

No, it was definetely in BonsaiArt, all right
On the other hand, that's not important

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Michel

Michel

Hi,

I agree, but since it's a yew,
it won't need winter protection apart from futur post-repotting periods.
On the other hand, a pot with wheels on it would definetely come in handy; something like an earthenware wheel barrow or something ....

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Ravenna

Oops... sorry, I was sure that I had changed after I read your text properly Michel but somehow doesn't seem to have worked... I am sure you are right... I always get both magazines at the same time and then I get mixed up who publishes what....

Prowler

Michel
That is one monster of a tree, i think you would have to have that well tied down for the wind, a lot of area to blow on. Very nice looking. Cheers.

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JLDoggett

What a fine tree. a nice trat with wheels and added support would enable you to have one Phil, as long as youor back holds out.

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What an amazing transformation.

Michel would you have any idea how old the tree would be?

Shrimpy

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