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Finished. Finally the trayscape was finished. I would estimate that I spent over 80 hours working on this project. Some of the items were made twice, sometimes because of scaling problems and sometimes because I was not happy with the quality first time round. The most important thing all the way through was to end up with a 'lived-in' look. I am a little bit disappointed with how the top of the tree turned out in the photograph. the camera angle seems to show some strange and ungainly branch junctions. As I mentioned earlier, I'm not too concerned with having a perfectly manicured bonsai in the trayscape, but it would have been nice to have had the branches that snapped off still available to give some balance on the right. As it is, I have had to train a front facing twig across to the right to give some structure there. I could reposition a couple of bigger branches but bearing in mind their brittle nature I'm wary of attempting it. The bottom of the tree I'm very happy with, the root across the brick door frame looks very good, the hollow has a couple of characterful holes breaking through, the knobs on the trunk near the door are interesting. There are several more big old pruning scars elsewhere on the trunk, I will hollow them out in due course, and maybe hollow out the trunk all the way up. I hope you can imagine Bilbo and Frodo sitting inside, feet up in front of the fire, talking of the coming spring. Maybe they will put some pretty flowers in pots either side of the door. Maybe the big old tree will need a prune back, or the bricks re-pointing. Maybe the fence will need some repair work. Or maybe they will take it easy this year, what with it being Bilbo's eleventy-first birthday in the summer... Print Friendly Version Print Page Click to Vote on this article! |
