Trees for Moab II

symphonicpoet

symphonicpoet

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My first project for the new year is some trees for Moab II:

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And I haven't even taken down my 2014 Christmas tree yet. This is (nearly) all leftovers from 2013. Jeeze, I'm going to have enough material to cover my whole darn basement with forest!

More on teh blog, but the best art is here and there's not really any more that needs saying about this one.
 
Trees are sooo expencive to buy pre-made.
I used some pine-cones for my trees. I think ill have a go at what you've done. looks better than I would have expected.
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As an extra bonus they seem to retain that piney smell a lot longer than I'd have guessed. I kept them in a coffee tin, mind, but a full year later they (and the tin) still smell quite lovely. The downside, I suppose, is that I don't really anticipate that they'll last forever. The needles will doubtless fall off over time, but if I have several different vintages and mayhap even different varieties it will give the forest a more natural and organic look. Most forests aren't too diverse, but they're also not a monoculture.
 
symphonicpoet":rxxel1ka said:
The needles will doubtless fall off over time, but if I have several different vintages and mayhap even different varieties it will give the forest a more natural and organic look. Most forests aren't too diverse, but they're also not a monoculture.
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Yea, I was thinking about that. My experience (with christmas decorations) is that the needles fall off just by looking at them. But it actual looks good. :)
 
These have been drying for a year and seem to be holding their needles fairly well. They're douglas fir cuts, and I believe dougie fir holds its needles better than most Christmas greenery. I've been handling them and they seem to be holding up okay. But if they all fall apart it's easy to make more. Time will tell.
 
That'd be an easy enough test. In fact, I've already varnished one tree. I'd wanted to varnish the base, but I had to glue the tree down first, so I varnished the whole thing. May do a few more and see how they weather. Get a good sample. Thanks for the idea.
 
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