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Everything was done manually
with a lot of elbow grease from
Hank Fawcett (wearing a hat)
and Ben Griffin, my excellent
assistants, and me.

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11–15 to separate it from the deadwood to make it flexible
After about two hours of work the outline of the in order to lower it. This creates the first branch on
deadwood is revealed, now the stumps are made into the left side of our future bonsai to accompany the
jin and after cleaning, the live vein becomes more no- movement of the thick trunk, making the plant more
ticeable (photo 15). dynamic. The live vein is separated using a splitter
without protecting it, since the vein attached to the
16–18 deadwood is very tubular, I perform what I call “an
Then begins the styling phase; the thick trunk is exposed bend.” Because it is bent without using raf-
very static and after the first bend; the live vein con- fia and black tape, I observe carefully how the fibers
tinues in a straight line up to the foliage. It was decided react as I lower the branch. I use this type of bend

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