The Bonsai Blog of Bjorn Bjorholm

This tree is one of my favorites that I’ve worked on so far.  When Mr. Fujikawa brought it back from an auction, most of the main branches already had wire on them, but as you can see it had yet to be styled.  The first step was removing the bottom branches and changing the planting angle.  We then guy wired the right side of the trunk to the left to make the entire tree more compact.  Once Mr. Fujikawa was content with the overall direction, he let me go at it alone.  After about 7 hours of arranging the larger branches, wiring the secondary growth and repotting, the tree finally took shape and I think it turned out alright.  In the future, the low-hanging jin that’s touching the soil will be cut shorter and the guy wires pulled tighter to make the tree even more compact.  But for now, that particular jin is keeping the tree stable.  Feel free to comment and critique, thanks!