This radically tilted Prunus mume (Flowering Japanese apricot) is by Chiharu Imai. It’s from Bonsai Today issue 56.
After. Mr. Imai saw something when he put it in the box, and this is it.
Before the big tilt and some well executed artistry that included removing the strange second trunk that runs up to the first branch.
Hi Wayne,
We had a similar situation like this happen on Facebook. Willis Panell’s tree looked like this: http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?pid=31118561&op=7&o=global&view=global&subj=388912375042&id=1182773791
I didn’t have the tree with me so the best I could do was play with a picture to create a virtual: http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs438.snc3/25174_369362137763_563002763_3738344_7797543_n.jpg
And to my surprise, Willis thought it was a brilliant idea so he changed the angle of his tree: http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs439.ash1/24243_1380799558350_1182773791_31122611_6376409_n.jpg
The funny thing was, Irene Britton commented on the photo saying that she loves it when people think “outside” the box.
Thanks,
Ken