bonsaiwood
Mame
Wow! Your skills have really come a long way in a short amount of time. Looking forward to seeing more of your work!
Rudd’s Pseudo-Apprenticeship at Bonsai Jidai
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Ruddigger
Omono
Thank you, it’s all credit to my teacher.
Hartinez
Masterpiece
AND your willingness to put in the work Rudd. Not saying you have, but don’t shirt change your own efforts. I do love your humble nature though my friend.
Ruddigger
Omono
Nick! Feel free to post anymore pictures you have.
WavyGaby
Shohin
What a cool event that must have been. Educational, and entertaining with the added fear from the possibility of breaking the vein and ruining a beautiful, old tree.
Ruddigger
Omono
Ruddigger
Omono
Repotted several trees today, including this raw yamadori California juniper. It’s a weird one, the deadwood looks like a big pumpkin right now.
NateDyk47
Shohin
This thing looks MASSIVE. How big is it / do you have any pics of it that better show the scale?
Ruddigger
Omono
The pot is 2’ across. It’s big, but not as big as most of his trees. I think I’m going to start working a raw yamadori next week that is easily double the size.
Ruddigger
Omono
Chino Club worked the deadwood on this raw yamadori last weekend, and then Sensei Nguy did a first styling. We repotted it today, that was an ordeal.
And some more trees we repotted today.
Sunset at Shisei-en.
And some more trees we repotted today.
Sunset at Shisei-en.
ZombieNick
Shohin
I love the new angle on that JBP, big improvement imo, looks better in person. I have some more pictures from the deadwood work on the big California:
And thanks for the help with my tree:
Ruddigger
Omono
Oh, hey brother, glad to hear. Can’t wait to see what you do with that California, too.
Ruddigger
Omono
Started on a new tree today. Just cleaned the live vein and started on wiring the first left branch. Back at it again tomorrow.
Sunday a few guys from the club are coming to work on this massive yamadori. We need to split it into maybe two or three trees, and probably do massive bends on the live veins and roots to fit it into a smaller container. We’ll see what we find under the soil.
Sunday a few guys from the club are coming to work on this massive yamadori. We need to split it into maybe two or three trees, and probably do massive bends on the live veins and roots to fit it into a smaller container. We’ll see what we find under the soil.
Ruddigger
Omono
Well, we got one of the trunks separated from that massive California Juniper. It took several hours and didnt go exactly as planned.
Cutting the split.
Using a bottle jack to start tearing the trunk away.
Separated.
We decided not to bend the roots on the remaining tree, maybe in the future. We just potted it up instead.
During breaks I did a little more wiring on the other tree.
Cutting the split.
Using a bottle jack to start tearing the trunk away.
Separated.
We decided not to bend the roots on the remaining tree, maybe in the future. We just potted it up instead.
During breaks I did a little more wiring on the other tree.
ForrestW
Mame
Wow, I am very late to the thread but great work!!!! You are very talented!
Ruddigger
Omono
Much appreciated. You’re pretty talented too, I just bought some pots from ya recently.
ZombieNick
Shohin
Here are some more photos:
Container removed, roots combed out, starting the split:
It took a lot of effort to split the live vein down the length of the tree. We used jacks, blocks, chisels, pick axes, and whatever this pole is, to slowly work the wood apart:
The separated trees:
Ruddigger
Omono
Yesterday we repotted this one that I call “The Mountain.” It took a forklift to lift it out of the collection box. 
We also did this small corkbark black pine.
We also did this small corkbark black pine.
pandacular
Masterpiece
When are you gonna show us some Master Nguy’s big trees??? Seems he only has little ones 
