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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 different angles; front, back, left, 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 left oblique perspective did not look balanced and
quite as good as viewing it from the other seven angles.
The 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 first branch. We also measured the height of
the trunk at the level of the first branch as well as the
total height of all the trees. The size of the concrete
container is 2.38 m x 1.91 m x 0.32 m.
Some statistics
The biggest tree has a circumference of 110 cm, a
diameter at the base of 35.01 cm and a total height of
106 cm. The smallest tree has a circumference of 10
cm, a diameter of 3.18 cm and a height of 26 cm.
All the trees were placed in such a way that the planting The average circumference of the 15 trees used was
51.60 cm, with an average diameter of 16.42 cm and
can be viewed from eight different angles; front, back, an average height of 59.27 cm.
The planting area of the container is 4.54 square
left, right as well as the four oblique views. meters. The trees cover a total area of 0.4635 square
meters or 10.21% of the container.
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