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Juniperus Sabina: The Secrets of the Optical Distraction
Juniperus Sabina: The Secrets of the Optical Distraction
Juniperus Sabina: The Secrets of the Optical Distraction

Juniperus Sabina: The Secrets of the Optical Distraction

One of the factors that has always fascinated me, and on which I spend a great part of my continuous study in the art of bonsai is the concept of Optical Distraction. Master Kimura touched on this in his third book, but it is n...
 
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picture-sequence illustrates some steps of the whole work on dry wood. Many zones have been lightened by means of high-speed milling cutters; after opening two splits in the trunk, we wondered they revealed a natural hollow of the trunk itself; every shari has then been refined using gouges and fire; the operation ended with the application of jin liquid, to which we jointed titanium oxide, in order to avoid the formation of a non-natural patina (that's why powder oxides are to be preferred to tempera colours).
picture-sequence illustrates some steps of the whole work on dry wood. Many zones have been lightened by means of high-speed milling cutters; after opening two splits in the trunk, we wondered they revealed a natural hollow of the trunk itself; every shari has then been refined using gouges and fire; the operation ended with the application of jin liquid, to which we jointed titanium oxide, in order to avoid the formation of a non-natural patina (that's why powder oxides are to be preferred to tempera colours).
picture-sequence illustrates some steps of the whole work on dry wood. Many zones have been lightened by means of high-speed milling cutters; after opening two splits in the trunk, we wondered they revealed a natural hollow of the trunk itself; every shari has then been refined using gouges and fire; the operation ended with the application of jin liquid, to which we jointed titanium oxide, in order to avoid the formation of a non-natural patina (that's why powder oxides are to be preferred to tempera colours).

Juniperus procumbens var. sonarè…a long work

Having the opportunity to restructure such an important material doesn’t definitely happen very often. So, when you approach a similar plant, besides considering the emotional factor, you must be conscious that your actio...
 
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