Chris Gais (Chris Guise) - artist and amateur of Japanese art Bonsai from the city of Maidenhead, United Kingdom. The mechanical engineer by profession, Chris has an excellent collection of bonsai trees, which he grows and demonstrates on his Flickr service. We want to show you one of the most prominent and interesting works of the author. Chris recreated in the miniature house of Hobbits Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins and Samuayz Gamjji, in which the events of the "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" begin and end. Especially in this fantastic item "green" art amazes the author's attention to detail. However, see yourself ...
1. Here is the ready-made result of the master in different angles ...
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5. "Almost immediately after I bought this tree, I cut the chute in his trunk, treated the edge and left it alone. After 2 years, the edges drove and took shape. Soon after that I decided that I want to continue the formation of the trunk. "
6. Cut works were performed using a dreamer with various nozzles.
7. After fixing the drainage holes on the base platform, it was made on an embankment from a special soil for Bonsai "Acadama" and placed and enshrined a tree. From clay and peat, a border was built for the retention of soil.
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9. "To simulate a hill, the back wall should have been very high, so I decided to take a" sponge "that florists use to fill the space. It is very light, obviously absorbs a lot of water and it is very convenient to cut the right shape. The sponge is attached to the brick facade with wire and top covered with a thin layer of soil "..
10. The brick facade is fixed on a plastic grid holding all the details together. "Bricks" are cut out of roofing tiles, sharp corners of the stesana. All items are seated on a plastic substrate grid. First, the future door and the house window were created, after the wall was laid between them.
11. The copper door handle was drawn on its own small metalworking machine of Chris and is polished with sandpaper and metal washcloth.
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13. "For hedge, I used meranti tree chips, bonded by aluminum wire. Before installing the hedge, I covered the tree with a dark varnish so that it does not look new. And the wire was made up with the help of metallic washcloth. "
14. Steps to the house and a small area under the window are lined with stylted tiles. Cracks and breaks between the tiles are filled with small moss beams.
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