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All the trees were placed in such a way that the planting can be viewed from eight di erent angles; front, back, left, right as well as the four oblique views.
Left column and facing page; Close-ups of the forest. All the viewing angles provide balance, perspective and harmony.
Top right; Joe and Niel measured, double checked and recorded every tree.
eight di erent angles; front, back, le , right as well as the four oblique views. Only minimal juggling was eventually necessary before everybody were happy with the positions of the trees.
Some members felt that viewing the planting from the le oblique perspective did not look balanced and quite as good as viewing it from the other seven angles. e answer? According to Japanese tradition, there must be some small imperfection in any art work to create that extra bit of interest.
Measurements and calculations
Each and every tree was measured separately by Joe van Niekerk and Niel van der Westhuizen and recorded by Cara van der Westhuizen. We recorded the circumference at ground level as well as at the level of the rst branch. We also measured the height of the trunk at the level of the rst branch as well as the total height of all the trees. e size of the concrete container is 2.38 m x 1.91 m x 0.32 m.
Some statistics
e biggest tree has a circumference of 110 cm, a diameter at the base of 35.01 cm and a total height of 106 cm. e smallest tree has a circumference of 10 cm, a diameter of 3.18 cm and a height of 26 cm.
e average circumference of the 15 trees used was 51.60 cm, with an average diameter of 16.42 cm and an average height of 59.27 cm.
e planting area of the container is 4.54 square meters. e trees cover a total area of 0.4635 square meters or 10.21% of the container.
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