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The Basket Tree

One of Axel Erlandson’s
famous Circus Trees

These 6 trees were ap-

proximately 60 years old
at the time of this image.
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They show the hall marks
of the gradual method
with even, balanced and

healthy growth.

Although Axel never
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published his method
or techniques, there are

disjointed pieces of infor-
mation scattered through
out the many interviews with

him during his life time, that
indicate Axel used a gradual
method of shaping. Wilma Erlandson his daugter talks about him training very

young growth. Our research and experience shows Axel’s trees are only achiev-
able with the gradual method of tree shaping.

Peace in Cherry

Richard Reames’s most notable art to
date.

This tree was approximately 12 years old at the time of

this image. It was created using the instant method
(Arborsculputre) as detailed in his books “How to grow
a chair” and “Arborsculpture”. He started with a cherry

that had 5 branches. In 1993 he bent them into the
peace sign, taking less than an hour. Richard states this

design was simple to create.

Thanks to Wikipeida and Richard Reames for making this image available.
www.Arborsculpture.com
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