Graham Potter explains a few simple techniques used to refine deadwood. Creating great bonsai requires meticulous attention to detail and the deadwood areas of bonsai need just as much care as the live parts when it comes to refinement.
Actually, he doesn’t. Deadwood Dick I mean. He’s dead, so he hasn’t carved much of anything lately. But he was a real historical Old West personage of Deadwood and he may have, or likely did, carve deadwood in Deadwood back in the day. That day being [...]
In bonsai one of the things we use to make our trees look older is deadwood carving or the making of Jins and shari. Jins are branch stumps that are carved in such a manner they look like they broke in a natural way. Shari on the other hand are pieces of [...]
