Sharing a case study in extraordinary bonsai trunk design: a cleverly conceived themed design
Du Fu wrote a famous line: "Nature concentrates its divine beauty."
Bonsai making has its fundamental principle: learn from nature.
Without further ado, here are the pictures
This is one image from a series photographed by a netizen. Friends who love bonsai must be thinking: what would it look like if it were reduced to fit in a pot?!
In fact, there are plenty of trees in nature with extraordinary forms, so by learning from nature, we have no shortage of amazing creative material.
The top can be slightly worked on.
It can also be done like this. The uppermost part can be made into a deadwood branch, expressing
the unyielding character of nature after being struck by lightning and scorched by fire. Unfortunately, I do not know how to use photo editing, so I cannot produce that kind of rendered effect image for everyone to enjoy; I can only remove the part that would be made into the deadwood branch.
The making of any bonsai is mixed with humanistic emotional coloring. That is, the bonsai reflects some feeling of its maker - decadence, melancholy, nostalgia, tranquility, charm...
Hard to understand?! Read on:
Teacher Wanwan Ziran picked up a trunk at the market: the striking thing about this trunk is its "extraordinary" form.
Extraordinary trunks are hard to design. Because "extraordinary" itself already breaks through established conventions, and then designing, on the basis of "extraordinary," a fine scene that matches the qualities of "extraordinary" is even harder. A, Plan One: remove the left and keep the right
Now the finished effect image (the master's photo-editing skill is truly not to be underestimated)
Look, it is very beautiful. But it must be said that it is also very ordinary, just a regular bonsai. Compared with the "extraordinary" quality of the original trunk, it has nothing outstanding, which is to say it "sinks into the homes of ordinary folk."
B, Plan Two, remove the right and keep the left
It seems workable too; look at the effect image edited by the master
It also seems not to be something that can only be encountered by chance and not sought. Compared with the trunk's original "extraordinary" quality, on the contrary, it seems to weaken it, and it also appears insufficient.
Some people say, since this trunk was chosen, what was valued was its "extraordinary" quality, so why change the original trunk's structure and seek another path?! Thus there is Plan Three. C, Plan Three, the complete original trunk
The original trunk is planted in a square pot; the teacher pondered repeatedly, and the planting point and planting angle could only be this way. Planting it this way is precisely to achieve 1, the semi-cascade style, and 2, the height. After this trunk is planted, many bud points will emerge from the trunk. How to choose among them is still difficult. The teacher again edited an effect image, and in the future will look at the image to decide what to keep and what to remove.
Preliminary shaping of the trunk.
Form: large tree style.
Title: "Watching the Chess Game in Silence"
The treetop bends downward all the way, reaching back behind the old man, as if watching two old men play a game.
The players are focused.
The onlooker is fascinated.
Reflection: at this point, the bonsai has been imbued by its maker with humanistic feeling - the tree is also likened to an old man; in fact it is no longer two people, but already three. The meaning is profound, and it makes one imagine even more.
Therefore, if a bonsai is merely a bonsai, at most it is "depicting form," only bringing people the beauty of the image. But going a step further, if the making of a bonsai incorporates the maker's emotions, then it is "depicting the heart," and it will bring people an even richer emotional experience.