Eric brings a field grown Kishu Juniper into his bonsai workshop to clean-up the wood and determine his next steps in designing this tree. He purchased the rough stock from Jim Gremel (northern California). During his previous session with this tree he created shari and selected branches.
00:00:40 Close-up of big cuts and stripping of bark.
00:01:10 Eric decides to concentrate on creating a 10-12 inch tree because of interesting taper.
00:01:45 Selection and wiring of branches to set further structure into place.
00:02:53 Eric can see where the actively growing lifeline is, and clean-up.
00:03:27 Decisions on whips to keep and those to remove (too far away from the trunk).
00:04:18 Stub reduction and precision bark-stripping.
00:05:15 Explanation for why Eric is keeping a big upper section he plans to remove and carve eventually.
00:05:54 Wiring close-up, to set branches into desired form.
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