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I think a good key to creativity when doing bonsai, is to have a long-term vision. We never work for an
immediate result but rather pursue a project that can be developed over time. With the help of cultivation
techniques we can afford to achieve certain objectives in due course that have nothing to do with ‘fast food’ bonsai.
Bonsai change and so the people who work on them. A person who cultivates the same bonsai for many years
can develop a different aesthetic sense and change their own tree, always respecting the past.

LEFT SIDE BACK RIGHT SIDE

This last ANALYSIS: Grown for one year in my garden, it was finally time to rework the pine. I wanted to try to give
more character to the trunk by choosing a new front, analyzing what I thought was the best idea to high-
solution light this expressive movement and at the same time make the foliage more dynamic. Personally, I prefer to
design my bonsai with a clear and unambiguous direction. This pine tree could make a good bonsai from
had some different sides because fortunately, the trunk was moving in all directions.

problems
regarding the FIRST POSSIBLE FRONT SECOND POSSIBLE FRONT

positioning of

the greenery
because

there was

no real first

branch, not

even one that
could have

been carried
I began the work with the help of my students, analyzing two possible fronts that were more appealing to
forward from my eye. The front view of the trunk in the picture on the left is very curvy with a double possibility of creating
the back. a design flowing to the right or left, given the generous amount of branching. While the front in the picture
on the right in my opinion is more aggressive with the curve in the mid trunk almost coming towards the
observer and the very dramatic final curve of the trunk. This last solution had some problems regarding the
positioning of the greenery because there was no real first branch, not even one that could have been car-
ried forward from the back.
However, I was convinced that with time, this would be the best solution for this bonsai.

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