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Creating twisted deadwood juniper 179

Creating deadwood from living tissue

1 Try to trace the strong live
veins to identify areas you
can remove without affecting
the branches. Look for raised
areas or strong lines working
from the branches down, or
from the roots up. Here, the
chopsticks show two major
points—a twist in the trunk
with a depressed area of live
Depressed area
vein, and a major root. Live is less important
veins are like muscles: the Strong root will to the tree:
supply a large
more they are used the bigger fewer nutrients
amount of the
they get, so you can assume tree’s nutrients travel through it
the strong root carries a large
amount of nutrients, and the
depressed area does not.
Deadwood features on
junipers spiral irregularly
around the trunk as if
2 Mark the area to remove they have been caused
with chalk or a marker. Start by severe conditions
with a thin line that flows
with the grain, not across it.
Avoid areas directly below
branches and do not cross 1 2
strong veins. Follow the
bottom of the valley while
ensuring that the deadwood
line is attractive: try to avoid
making straight lines.

3 Cut the edges on either
Edges of the marked
side of the line with a sharp area are defined for
chisel, pushing through the about two chisel
soft top layer until you hit widths, following the
grain of the tree
hard wood. Once you have
defined the area, pry up the
entire section of live material.

4 Use pliers or your fingers
to pull gently in the direction
of the fibers. If the grain
takes you in an undesirable
direction, stop and reconsider
where it is going. Cut off the
end of the live vein. If you
are confident the main veins
will not be damaged, then
chisel it out again. 3 4

Pull back the entire section
of bark and cambium layer