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138 Creating your own bonsai

Shaping the secondary trunk

Anchor hand
Thumb holds
last loop in
place

This finger
supports the
branch and
Use one secures the
finger to earlier loop
guide wire
into place
for the
next loop

12

Anchor
hand Point defining
the curve

Wiring
hand

11 13 14

Wire the daughter tree. Push the wire 12 Wind the wire up and along the Bend the daughter trunk to accentuate
deep into the soil to ensure it is firmly trunk at a pitch of about 45° with the space between the two trees. Slight
anchored—there will be some roots your wiring hand. Use your anchor and subtle movement is better than
in the pot now, and the soil should be hand to support the trunk. Ensure the sharp changes of direction. Use your
compacted enough to give the wire wire is not so tight that it damages thumb to define the position of the bend,
something to push against. the trunk, nor so loose that there and support the trunk on either side.
are gaps between wire and trunk.
Finish the styling. Here, some of the
primary branches on the main trunk
13 Wire the trunk again so that have also been wired to start them
the second wire sits perfectly in the off in a more attractive direction.
center of the first set of coils. This
will provide much more bending
power without damaging the trunk.