Thanks for sharing all of your travels and pictures. I learn a lot simply from studying your pictures and reading the comentarty. I have some collected ponderosa like the one above. What is the best way to deal with the dead wood like in the photo? Do you grind it down with a dremel to smooth it out?
For heaven's sake no! The natural deadwood must stay totally untouched. This is precious! The value of such a tree depends highly on natural untouched deadwood. One cannot improve it by working with a tool. The problem is added artificial deadwood. In my seminars you learn how to blend that in.
Thanks, I'm glad I asked. I havn't seen to many of these styled yet, and out of those I hadvn't seen very many(if any) with the scale like dead wood, so I assumed that people must do something to it. I like the natural look better. Thanks for answering!
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Thanks for sharing all of your travels and pictures. I learn a lot simply from studying your pictures and reading the comentarty.
I have some collected ponderosa like the one above. What is the best way to deal with the dead wood like in the photo? Do you grind it down with a dremel to smooth it out?
Thanks for your time.
Dan W.
For heaven's sake no! The natural deadwood must stay totally untouched. This is precious! The value of such a tree depends highly on natural untouched deadwood. One cannot improve it by working with a tool. The problem is added artificial deadwood. In my seminars you learn how to blend that in.
Thanks, I'm glad I asked. I havn't seen to many of these styled yet, and out of those I hadvn't seen very many(if any) with the scale like dead wood, so I assumed that people must do something to it. I like the natural look better.
Thanks for answering!
Dan W.
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