Bring out your dead

[ABCarve]

I thought I'd share a project I'm doing for a charity auction. Participating artists were asked to create a bird house or nest in which patrons of the organization will bid on for a fundraiser. The carcase is a robusta juniper which fell victim to my unheated garage being not so unheated a few years back. It was one of my first trees and you may well know...it's hard to give them up. I find it easier now that its found a new purpose.

 

[Nybonsai12]

Nah, it's just dormant.

 

[ABCarve]

I'm giving this thread a bump. I think that many of our dead tree have much to offer aesthetically. I keep mine around to enjoy the memory and some I have offered to the wood kiln gods to immortalize them in a pot......So post your carcases for others to enjoy and learn from. It's kinda like a winter silhouette exhibit except conifers are welcome.

 

[Lazylightningny]

Nothing to post here. Mine get tossed immediately with extreme prejudice.

 

[JudyB]

Just tossed the one I had from a spring loss as far as I could throw it over the fence into the woods!

 

[MACH5]

Killed my Ezo spruce after I styled it. Pushed it too hard. However, not tossing it but rather I have plans in using it as part of a larger forest composition. We shall see.

 

[j evans]

After sitting in the corner for two years I had to give up hope. They went in the can on Sunday night for a Monday morning pickup before I could change my mind. They went to replenish the earth.

 

[ABCarve]

Just tossed the one I had from a spring loss as far as I could throw it over the fence into the woods!

Why might I ask? Mine make me remember what I did wrong. Is the memory of them too hard or you don't want to be reminded of what you did wrong?

 

[ABCarve]

Maybe I hit on a sore subject....sorry!!

 

[JudyB]

Why might I ask? Mine make me remember what I did wrong. Is the memory of them too hard or you don't want to be reminded of what you did wrong?

Actually I had taken it out of the pot, and put it in a mulch pile and forgot about it, saw it the other day, and tossed it. It doesn't bother me, it was just a collected russian olive that died for no apparent reason, heathy roots, no bugs or fungus. I think sometimes it just happens.

And that spot over the fence is where dead critters, and dead trees go... let the foxes sort them out.

 

[ghues]

I'm with Mach on this dead mountain hemlock (Hm) i.e. its going into a future forest composition...........I had it sitting on me bench in its pot......called it "patience" to remind myself not to do so much work in a such a short period of time. The future forest idea being....... to reflect what I see in the local forests....which is the dynamic struggle of life and death in its development over time........rather than the perfection of many bonsai forests I've seen..... perfection in its imperfections.

Cheers Graham

 

[jeanluc83]

It's not dead... it's pining for the fjords.

 

[WyldStallyn]

Don't throw them away, folks! Aquascapers are paying good money for dead bonsai!

http://bonsaidriftwood.com/

 

[ABCarve]

I'm with Mach on this dead mountain hemlock (Hm) i.e. its going into a future forest composition...........I had it sitting on me bench in its pot......called it "patience" to remind myself not to do so much work in a such a short period of time. The future forest idea being....... to reflect what I see in the local forests....which is the dynamic struggle of life and death in its development over time........rather than the perfection of many bonsai forests I've seen..... perfection in its imperfections.

Cheers Graham

Really nice idea....embrace the duality...Hmmmm

 

[ABCarve]

Don't throw them away, folks! Aquascapers are paying good money for dead bonsai!

http://bonsaidriftwood.com/

A year back or there was a thread started by someone looking for dead ones or shall I say "finished" ones. I tried searching but couldn't find it.

I posted this one before in a different thread but I guess this is more appropriate. Two crazy cold winters in a row did it in. This will become something....I just don't know what.....so far.