The Bonsai Blog of Andrea Melloni

Some cropping and deadwood carving on this Araki .. the nebari is around 50 cm wide, with a stunning deadwood part. I started working on the canopy, giving a first direction to the branches, some cropping and carving on a chainsaw cut on the  deadwood top part. The under branches will need to get thicker and I will let them grow till the next season.

before

detail of chainsaw cuts before carving

chainsaw cuts after carving, from the frontside

after the first step

detail on natural deadwood..