As I was building the removable section, I decided to try a new method for building tall pine trees. So far I prefer to build trees in sections - trunk and then individual branches and assemble. This one is just an initial test of the method. Basically 5 floral wires twisted together to form a branch structure followed by 12, 7 and 2 mm static grass (all different colors) followed with a dusting of fine ground cover. (That stuff feels nasty - hard to get out of your skin pores). My granddaughter wanted to paint, but we agreed on trying to make a tree. So here it is in very rough form. Its the one left of Dick's Resort and Supper Club. The tree on the right was done with a similar method but single wire no wire branches. Hardest part of this was whittling down the 2x2 cedar baluster into the 16 inch tall trunk. Can you tell this is only half of a tree? Its close to the backdrop so additional branches will not fit.
I think the branches are too heavy/dense, fortunately it is easy to tease them out a bit to thin. So easy to lay down too much static grass.
