Everybody loves cascade-style bonsai, and Eric demonstrates how to initially form a cascade through thinning, wiring, and styling three Junipers! The first two are younger, growing in 1 gallon containers, while the third is a few years older.
00:00:43 Eric kicks off by wiring two large shoots.
00:01:22 Cascades in the wild, as inspiration.
00:02:27 Jin and shari work.
00:03:06 Reorienting the tree to cascade position.
00:04:13 Adding movement and accentuating a twist - setting the structure.
00:05:13 Jim Gremel's US National show-winning cascade and how Eric is styling a tree similarly.
00:06:38 Eric thins the older tree to examine the results of the type of work he just demonstrated with the two younger trees, a few years after. He reviews the structure and adds a twisting shari.
00:08:10 Wiring and styling the strong shoots that have good wood.
00:09:54 Eric shares the extra logistics required as a cascade grows beyond the bottom of its container.
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