I have started wiring finally! This is where I’m at now. I haven’t started the apex yet because I’m still a little unsure how I’m going to approach it. It’s taken me 3 days working off and on all day to get this far. Mistakes were made. Many mistakes . I learned a lot and have had a ton of fun though! I’m stoked to finish this in the next couple days and start my next tree! Thoughts? Critique? Let me have it. Thanks in advance!
Thanks! I’ve spent 50+ hours watching videos in the library since the beginning of December. I watched all three wiring videos two times a piece and took notes. I think that helped! I’m pretty spoiled I think. It’s pretty hard to watch someone else teach bonsai now… lol
Welcome to the cult…errr I mean club, or was I right the first time…
The best advice I got when I started was this…“Find a group or club and join.” You have found Mirai and started in a great place. Try and find some locals tho. They will have knowledge of local trees and climate and insights that will be invaluable. I know there are some folks in Lubbock from my time there, but that’s been some years now,…and although that’s 90 min away it’s better than nothing.
So this is where I’m at now. I’m struggling with what to do with the top two branches. Try to make an apex? Lay them down like the rest of the branches and try to shape the top of the trunk later on? What do you all think?
You might also check out meetings with local garden clubs and nurseries, plant minded folks gatherings of all types. Odds are you will stumble across like minded tiny tree people along the way. I miss the West Texas weather, the short shot to NM, and the Ft. Davis Mountains. Good times.
Good luck! and Go TTech!!
Ooh apex construction. This is practice right? I say you try to build the apex now with one of the two top branches. Wire the other one down as a branch.
There is this bit of tertiary content that I still find interesting when it comes to apex creation. I come back to it a lot.