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Top to bottom; In this The Actual Bending
sequence, the bent branch David was now ready to perform the bend. Using
is secured by guy wires that his hands, he secured a firm grip on the branch. All the
are also tightened to bring
the bent branch closer to the assistants firmly held the wooden box, the tree itself,
trunk; the assistants finish and the base. Since the tree was a California Juniper,
wiring all branches and sub- excessive movement in the roots could damage the
branches; David sets the wired tree. Ensuring that the tree was secure would prevent
branches in layers to create the roots from loosening. He mentioned that his body
fullness and depth.
position was very important when making the bend.
A good stance would allow him to control the branch
as well as feel the tension in the branch while bending.
As the branch was bent, the wire was applied to the
branch. Applying the wire to the branch in its bent
position would help hold the branch securely. If the
wire was applied prior to bending the branch, the wire
would loosen as it was bent. Only by applying the wire
once the branch was bent could the wire hold it in
position. David mentioned this was one of the key
techniques in applying wire properly.

Adjustments and Securing the Bend
During the heavy bend, David noticed that one of
the points on the branch was experiencing too much
stress and distancing itself too far from the trunk.
With 2.5 mm wire, the branch was secured to the
trunk at the point where David did not want the bend
to occur. When pressure was put on the branch again,
the bend started at the section following the secured
wire. Doing so created a gradual but pronounced bend
along the branch.
Once the branch had reached close to its ideal lo-
cation, David attached guy wire to the middle of the
branch. Finding an anchor point for the wire along the
trunk, David bent the tree further downwards while
an apprentice secured the wire. Slowly the branch was
bent further as the guy wire was tightened.
Another guy wire was attached to another section
along the branch of tree. This wire served to bring the
branch down at a different angle closer and towards
the base of the tree. When everything was complete,
the branch had come down by two feet. It also swung
around the main trunk of the tree towards the front.

Wiring and Branch Arrangement
David instructed all the apprentices to finish wiring
the remaining secondary branches while he continued
to shape the jins on the remaining parts of tree. After
all the branches were wired, David set the branches to
bring the branches in
towards the trunk of
the tree. He layered
the foliage for devel-
opment of the pads
to create fullness and
depth.

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