Arakawa with some serious character

[BonsaiGrove]

I worked on this arakawa over the weekend in my study group and I’m really excited about the progress. The top half of the trunk died awhile back and I started the process of carving out the trunk, along with some major pruning and some minor wiring and branch anchoring. Last couple pics are from summer and fall. Established a new leader and I’m looking forward to the next 5 years! Hehe

 

[bonsai45]

nice base!

do you intend to seal the big wound over time? it looks like there is good potential to do that

 

[thumblessprimate1]

Nice stock. Looks like a lot of work ahead.

 

[j evans]

That would look good in my yard. Nice stuff, good work!