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FIRST DAY’S CONCLUSIONS
The progression from one design to another was done rapidly and a range of designs emerged to illustrate different saikei principles. We worked on one side at a time and only turned to view the other side after we had extracted all educational value. The other side then presented a “new” design to modify and in this manner, Jay was able to actually see what he had read about and studied.
The evolution was possible due to having a set of carved rocks with compatible appearance with enough
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variety so different effects could be created by carefully selecting rocks and turning them to show the desired view. The trees are between three to six years old and in sufficient stage of refinement to suggest older, mature trees. While this was an exercise of adding and subtracting, if saikei is to be kept in a permanent arrangement, the routine maintenance pruning will produce increasingly attractive details.
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