Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Advanced Grade 9 Square Turns

Part of penjing is learning to take things slowly and tune in to your tree..............extreme patience!
Starting with a magnolia, and yes it has big leaves and will take time to get them to reduce, we do 90 degree plus turns using a formwork of bamboo to support it.

This is the tree before starting


It is now a week until Christmas 2012 and two turns are done, one is nearly 90 degrees and the upper of the two needs to be bent much further, this was done over an eight week period so as not to stress the tree. 

This is how it looks now.



Details of the turns, quite dramatic




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