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Imperial Masterpiece
I haven't worked on any weeping style trees, but I don't think it's as simple as just wiring branches down. There was a discussion recently about a weeping willow bonsai, unfortunately I can't remember if it was on this forum or somewhere else. But it discussed the difficulty of producing the same effect (of a massive weeping willow) in a small tree. You don't just wire branches down, you have to produce the correct larger scale "infrastructure" (for lack of a better term), the basic trunk and branch structure from which the branches weep. At least, that's how I interpreted what I read. Similar, I think, to producing a good windswept style - there's more to it than just wiring all the branches in one direction.Just wire...to see creativity in an object and bring it to life...(weeping form style) no...to cutting or root pruning. I am so new I would worry I cut off a very vital branch to a design I yet to see. But I am a very visual person...(so glad my juniper has several years to grow out...so I can develop a style I may wish to bring out in it...before I ruin it attempting something I have no clue what I am about) but I was thinking...weeping is just bending branches to a weeping form. Not as difficult as attempting to create say...the more complex bonsai structures. Am I incorrect in my way of thinking then?
If you're "itching to wire", I'll repeat my suggestion from an earlier thread to practice wiring parts of a tree or shrub in your yard. Another option is to pick up some cheap end of year plant material (juniper, perhaps) and just practice on that.
Chris