Shimpaku juniper first styling
- Thread starter Paulkellum
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october
Masterpiece
Welcome Paulkellum. This is magnificent material. Before questions are answered, may I ask how much experience you have in bonsai? Such as how long have you been involved with bonsai, have you taken any workshops and how long have you kept trees? This will be very helpful to get some good answers.
Rob
Rob
Paulkellum
Mame
I have been at this a year have been to local club few times have 10 pre and bonsai trees have a few nursery junipers I have been wiring and re wiring also enrolled in boon bonsai intensives out in San Francisco. Been to few workshops over past few months. And read a bunch of books didn't really do much styling this summer just got myself where I could water correctly and care for the plant.
DougB
Chumono
Welcome Paul. Your best bet is to find a mentor among the many exceptional members of the Triangle Bonsai Society. see you there.
augustine
Chumono
Get help to bring the best from this beaut tree.
october
Masterpiece
This juniper is top notch material. It has amazing potential. If you have future access to Boon, I would definitely take it to him and work on it with him. 1 year in bonsai is not that much. Also, I do not know if you have already done Boon's intensive or are doing it in the future. I just would not want this tree to be a practice tree. It is very nice. With that being said, if this was my tree. The things I would do now would be to clean up the foliage. Meaning I would cut the small bits of foliage growing in crevaces and underneath branches. Then, I would eliminate branches that you know are not going to be part of the final design. Also, you could start a small shari. That would be all I would do this year. Next Spring, I would wire the branches and do a repot. Then I would let it rest for about 2 years.
There are some challenges here. Some of the branches are too thick for the design. This means 2 things. First, they will be difficult to move and second, from a visual point of view, they would detract from the illusion that this is an old tree (even though it is pretty old). When the branches are almost as thick as the trunk, it is considered displeasing. However, you can carve a jin along the bottom portions giving them the illusion of being thinner. Also, there seem to be a long straight portion in the middle of the trunk. You might have to do some winding shari to create the illusion of better movement. Of course, it is difficult to say just by looking at a picture. Also, there are a lot of hidden characteristics that I cannot see. From what I can see, maybe something like this virt.
Rob
There are some challenges here. Some of the branches are too thick for the design. This means 2 things. First, they will be difficult to move and second, from a visual point of view, they would detract from the illusion that this is an old tree (even though it is pretty old). When the branches are almost as thick as the trunk, it is considered displeasing. However, you can carve a jin along the bottom portions giving them the illusion of being thinner. Also, there seem to be a long straight portion in the middle of the trunk. You might have to do some winding shari to create the illusion of better movement. Of course, it is difficult to say just by looking at a picture. Also, there are a lot of hidden characteristics that I cannot see. From what I can see, maybe something like this virt.
Rob
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