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!
Thanks for sharing all of your travels and pictures. I learn a lot simply from studying your pictures and reading the comentarty.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteThanks, 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.
ReplyDeleteThanks for answering!
Dan W.