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While looking at Junipers, I found myself on the Bonsai Bark blog and came across this beauty by Naoki Maeoka. Possibly my favourite Juniper that I have seen.
It has a lovely balance to it, from the shape of the canopy, to the mix of deadwood and live veins all wrapped up in some Studio Ghibli fantasy stylings. Perfection.
I’m not asking for intimate detail on styling the foliage (though go ahead if you are so inclined), but I am wondering how you would create the bones of a tree like this? How do you create the live veins? I don’t necessarily mean how to find them, but how to isolate them from nursery stock or equivalent (I assume this has been in bonsai training since propagation as opposed to collected). How old would a piece like this be, for example? I guess I don’t understand how junipers grow and at what size or age veins separate themselves from each other.
Also, like this one from a photo by Jonas Dupich (don’t know if it’s his or not), the twists were obviously created so how does one manipulate the vein here? Do you literally twist the tree from youth or cut a spiral and wait for the sap to divert?
Lot’s of questions, but hopefully the general enquiry makes sense. I want to manipulate live veins on junipers. How is this done? Thanks people.
It has a lovely balance to it, from the shape of the canopy, to the mix of deadwood and live veins all wrapped up in some Studio Ghibli fantasy stylings. Perfection.
I’m not asking for intimate detail on styling the foliage (though go ahead if you are so inclined), but I am wondering how you would create the bones of a tree like this? How do you create the live veins? I don’t necessarily mean how to find them, but how to isolate them from nursery stock or equivalent (I assume this has been in bonsai training since propagation as opposed to collected). How old would a piece like this be, for example? I guess I don’t understand how junipers grow and at what size or age veins separate themselves from each other.
Also, like this one from a photo by Jonas Dupich (don’t know if it’s his or not), the twists were obviously created so how does one manipulate the vein here? Do you literally twist the tree from youth or cut a spiral and wait for the sap to divert?
Lot’s of questions, but hopefully the general enquiry makes sense. I want to manipulate live veins on junipers. How is this done? Thanks people.