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[ABCarve]

The visible part of the trunks have opposite movements, that's what I meant. But if they're on a stone (should have read the beginning of the thread more carefully), then they're all right the way they are

The thing I like with their current position is the negative space between them is more visually interesting than two almost parallel lines. In the the art world they call it juxtaposition which is a fancy name for contrast. Just explaining the juxtaposition between our two thoughts.

 

[ABCarve]

Haven't updated here for a while. Last year I started reducing the height so as to spread out the crown a bit. Hopefully it'll fill in a bit more this year. It's still only putting out one flush of growth per season. This early growth looks like two different varieties and they may be for all I know. However, they'll become indistinguishable as the season moves on.

 

[Hartinez]

pretty amazing what you did with that tree @ABCarve

 

[Hack Yeah!]

Are you planning on further reduction? The composition is great and I was wondering what it might look like with a little more of the top left to give it stronger direction?

 

[LeatherTree23]

Haven't updated here for a while. Last year I started reducing the height so as to spread out the crown a bit. Hopefully it'll fill in a bit more this year. It's still only putting out one flush of growth per season. This early growth looks like two different varieties and they may be for all I know. However, they'll become indistinguishable as the season moves on.

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I look at this and see a River bank with water flowing slowly by. This is awesome.

 

[ABCarve]

I haven't done a fall color for this tree in a number of years and this is the last one to turn for me. Everything else has lost its leaves.

 

[VAFisher]

I love this progression. It would have never crossed my mind to change the angle so drastically. Very creative and instructive.

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Amazing tree. I wonder what the original owner who put it together all those years ago would think of it.

Those colors... Like a phoenix rising from the ashes.

 

[ABCarve]

Amazing tree. I wonder what the original owner who put it together all those years ago would think of it.

Those colors... Like a phoenix rising from the ashes.

Both the person who started it and the person who gave it to me are both dead. If you go back to the first post in this thread it will give you a little history of the tree. Jess, the person who gave it to me got to see before she died. She didn’t recognize it at first but loved what it had become. I’m the forth owner if you can believe the story. I know for a fact that Jess bought it from her in 1968. Jess was a former president of ABS and a good friend of Lynn Perry Aldstat who was one of Bill Vs first teachers.

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Both the person who started it and the person who gave it to me are both dead. If you go back to the first post in this thread it will give you a little history of the tree. Jess, the person who gave it to me got to see before she died. She didn’t recognize it at first but loved what it had become. I’m the forth owner if you can believe the story. I know for a fact that Jess bought it from her in 1968. Jess was a former president of ABS and a good friend of Lynn Perry Aldstat who was one of Bill Vs first teachers.

Yes, I remember seeing that Jess, the person you got it from, was able to see it. I was imagining those other owners who were long removed. It's provenance is definitely something considerable.

 

[JadedEvan]

Do you have any concerns about the health and vigor of the lower trunk over time? I know maples are VERY apically dominant, I would expect the top trunk to become more dominant over time. What will be your approach to this?

 

[ABCarve]

Do you have any concerns about the health and vigor of the lower trunk over time? I know maples are VERY apically dominant, I would expect the top trunk to become more dominant over time. What will be your approach to this?

I haven’t really noticed anything of the sort over the 10 years I have owned it.

 

[ABCarve]

I haven't shown a spring photo of this for a while. I moved a lot branching around with heavy wire and undercutting branches along with turnbuckles. Starting to get some good ramification.