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How to wire a branch Heavy wiring techniques
If an entire branch is wired, For major manipulation, multiple wires may
wire secondary branches be needed. Ideally run the wires in tandem,
in pairs with anchors in but on brittle trees keep them separate to
between—usually a thicker increase the surface area that prevents
wire along the main branch. branch snapping. It is messy, but effective—
Always make sure you anchor and on these trees wire is soon removed.
the wires to increase stability,
otherwise when one branch
is bent, its pair can move or
return to its original position. ORIGINAL BRANCH

1 Wire the primary branch.
With a thick wire—connected
to either the trunk or to a
nearby thick branch—apply Primary
wire along the main line. wire
With practice and experience
you’ll be able to plan the pairs IDEAL METHOD FOR AFTER
METHOD BRITTLE TREES MANIPULATION
of secondary branches to be
wired together and position
the main wire accordingly so Wiring the whole tree
that secondary wires can be The diagram shows how to wire the trunk
applied easily and effectively. PRIMARY WIRING and primary branches of an entire tree for
its first styling. Note that one of the main
trunk wires stops halfway
2 Wire secondary branches
of similar thickness together up at the point where just
with a medium-sized wire. one wire is enough to
Medium-
This second wire should run Primary wire bend the trunk. None thickness
alongside the primary wire holds secondary wire for
wire in place of the wires cross:
for one complete coil and mid-level
then flow naturally onto the they all run parallel branches
secondary branch. Ideally, the to the existing wire.
two wires should never cross.
A single thick branch is
wired without a partner
—but the wire starts
3 Wire tertiary branches and SECONDARY WIRING from lower down the
smaller secondary branches trunk, where two coils
at the tip using thin wire. In act as an anchor point
each case wire connects two Primary branches
branches with an anchor point are wired in pairs
of larger gauge wire between Anchor with at least one
anchoring coil
them. It is best not to have around the trunk
more than two wires running Anchor Thick main wire is
alongside each other, but doubled up to
sometimes this is unavoidable. Anchor provide extra
bending power in
Each branch can now be
the lower section
independently manipulated
into position.
TERTIARY WIRING