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Studio Stories – Old Cedar restyled

Sometimes I work on nursery trees, sometimes I work on client’s trees……and sometimes if I’ve been a really good boy I get to work on my own trees. Hopefully these regular visits will give you an insight into what goes on behind closed doors……….

Studio Stories – Old Cedar restyled

I acquired this tree last year when I took it in part exchange from one of my students. I guess he had just fallen out of favour with the tree or maybe he just liked the tree he was buying better.

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Having worked with the student on this tree on several occasions I must admit I always liked it. It’s not just about the girth of the trunk near the base but more about the mature bark which suggests this must be a really old tree.

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The tree has been encouraged to grow during the summer and vigorous shoots have been pruned back. Now it was a question of making a branch selection and then wiring everything that remained.

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Branches were lifted to form an apex and give the tree more height. The tree’s natural slanting style was accentuated with the lower branch to the right extended to counter-balance the strong movement in the trunk towards the left.

I like the finished image….a very neat erect triangle over a somewhat dramatic perfectly slanting old trunk. Hopefully my customers will like him too and he will soon be off to pastures new.