The larch - part 2.

The 'before' shot of the side which became the current front:




I have gotten around to take pictures of the larch as it looks now:

I plan to carve the stub which is in the front now to be really small, only to hint that once there was an other tree there.

Working on a larch

I have bought this Larix decidua yamadori from Karl Thier in Austria (larch doesn't grow naturally here in Hungary). It had an interesting trunk with a nice bark and I have liked its overall feeling. Originally it was a two-trunk raft, the second trunk is just a stub now. This is how it looked like before I have worked on it.




Yesterday I have brought it to our clubs session to work on it. After a little pruning.



In the end I think it has turned out pretty good, I'll show pictures of it later.

Visiting Karl Thier in Austria - part 1

Last weekend Karl and Sylvia Thier have organized a "day of the open door" at their place near Wien, Austria. Karl has kindly invited me so my friend Sándor and I have set off to visit his "Bonsaiwerkstatt".

Check out my photo report from this event at my exhibit blog.