Bonsai 50 Years In A Pot. Restoration Work.

Graham Potter (http://www.kaizenbonsai.com) completes a five year project to restore a very old juniper tree from Japan. Includes details of bending heavy branches and styling techniques

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[digitalbeachbum]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder? Bonsai artists are no different than painters or sculptors who start with a vision and then try to project that vision for others to see. Unfortunately what was to be projected missed the mark. The tree now looks like it was forced to look old, thus giving it a younger appearance. I'm assuming that he was trying to make shari down the trunk? Lime sulfur leaves a white color that is silly and plastic looking. What a shame. 50 years of growth down the tubes.

[GrahamWPotter]

@digitalbeachbum I think you missed the point my friend. At the outset this was nothing more than a garden shrub in a pot. Given 3-5 years to develop and fill out this tree will once again look beautiful and dynamic. Lime sulphur is used to preserve the wood, it just happens to be white. Once again given some years the colour will become very natural. Never underestimate the effects of time upon the creation of bonsai trees. One life time is simply insufficient.

G.

[Mr420rush]

i gotta say i liked it more before

[sim12384]

Great piece of material. Really don't like the balance of the final tree.

[kontaktseistrup]

@digitalbeachbum dude you need to get laid

[TheGLOBALHOUSE]

good work 

[GrahamWPotter]

@GrahamWPotter In general skinning cats is frowned upon these days ;-))

[digitalbeachbum]

@GrahamWPotter Agreed. One life time is insufficient which is why I understand the techniques you use to speed up the process. It would be impossible for you two replicate lets say, a Bristlecone Pine, in the nursery with out these procedures.

[digitalbeachbum]

@GrahamWPotter Agreed. It was a bush that needed care, but there is more than one way to skin a cat.

[GrahamWPotter]

@digitalbeachbum At the beginning this was not bonsai, just a bush in a pot. Given another 3-5 years this tree will mature, soften and look natural and dynamic once again.

G.

[digitalbeachbum]

@Mr420rush I agree. I really dislike the use of lime sulfur on it. Why do people keep using that stuff to force the "it's old look". If this subject was really that old then let it be the way it is naturally. Why chop it all up and force the issue? Save that technique for those subjects which you purchase from a home & garden store.