Thanks Lance. I bent up some younger straighter shoots also. I figure if I end up jinning more over time it’ll look better if it’s got movement.Nice job. Reasonable image from the jump and should mature into the design nicely.
Can always work the deadwood down to a more in-scale "weight".
Good job on the styling!
Thanks Pitoon! I made sure to only mess with the big branches. Didn’t want to start jacking with anything else until it recovers. Was surprised how much movement I got out of everything.
Thanks the nebari looked great from the get go! It’s so hard wrapping such thick gauge copper when there is so much foliage!
regardless of foliage, wrapping thick gauche wire is hard. my main goal was to not have huge gaps between the wire and branch. The Jin will either need to go fully or carved with some movement. That was just a branch that needed to go.
Thanks! I’ve def done big bends and have heard a crack but heard nothing on this one. I think the key is a good raffia wrap, along with proper wire wrap. As @Japonicus pointed out above, my coils were a bit closer in angle than I should go, but I was more pleased I was able to get the wire wrapped tight to the branch. I d rather have tighter coils than coils too spread out. Another key is making sure the wire AND raffia is wrapped in a way so that when you bend the branch, you ALSO twist the branch in the direction that tightens the raffia and wire to the branch. This ensures continued support as you bend further and further. The more you bend and twist, the more the wrap tightens and supports. You also want to try and make sure that you have a length of wire on the outside of big bends so as to support the portion of branch in tension so it doesn’t blow out.
