This set of carving bits was recommended to me by one of the chaps on the Wee Trees Forum. I had been looking for something that fitted the Dremel that would allow for detailed carving work. This set had something very similar and you got 3 of them for the price that most Bonsai Suppliers were charging for one. I got them today and they look the part. Obviously you don’t need the black thing. Once I give them a go, I’ll let you know if it was worth the saving or not. Sometimes cheaper isn’t better, or so my wife says!
Here’s the link to the vendor on ebay. 4 piece multipurpose cutting kit.
Spotted this large Yew in the grounds. It has been chopped back recently and was back budding well on internal branches. Interesting to see the technique working on a full sized tree. Nice nebari too.
Shows like this are struggling. This one got a last minute reprieve after losing it’s funding. It may not be the best way to display bonsai, in fact, it’s probably the worst way other than setting them on the ground, but it’s a good way of reaching the public with are art.
This is the tree today.
To be honest, I didn’t expect this amount of growth at this time of year. No doubt it will hold on to leaves well into the winter. However, it will be tucked safely away in my greenhouse. Not bad for a tree suspected to be dead 1 1/2 years ago.
After 40 minutes wiring, weeding and plucking.
a slightly different angle.
It has a nice little wide root base but some cleaning will be required.
The deadwood will need to be refined to get rid of the current bulky look. Shari will be added down the line joining together some of the deadwood areas.
Looks like it could be a wash out. It was heavy rain and the marquee was under pressure! These blokes were doing their best to shift the water gathering on the roof!!
What I can see is strong, but there’s not a lot of it. I think in this case I will wrap up again in the black rubber and add an extra layer for insulation, then leave until the Spring.
This was the tree sitting on the previous owners bench in April 2010. The botton left branch was useless and when I got it home the top of the tree was badly cut with wire on the branches. Most of these would have had to be removed and regrown.
As it was cheap material and I quite liked the idea of a smaller tree, I opted to remove the whole apex leaving one branch. I put it into a bigger pot with grit to make up for the poor mix it was in.
Bonsai Eejit 