Eric ponders the question of how styling decisions impact the value of a bonsai as he examines and works on a 20-30 year old Juniper he previously used as a mother plant.
00:00:30 Eric purchased the plant from a nursery along with about 30 others, and while there’s a lot of character, there are also a lot of problems. The plant has 4 trunks and none are particularly interesting.
00:01:39 Is the price an accurate reflection of the quality of material?
00:03:00 Eric doesn’t believe he has a lot to lose by making some big changes to the material, which he believes could become a shohin. He plans to remove large pieces of wood in favor of creating a much smaller composition, and wonders whether or not it will make a better plant.
00:04:16 Let’s see what Eric does. First he scrapes soil out from around the base to make sure he has a complete view of the wood at the base of the tree.
00:05:33 Cutting, stripping
00:06:31 360 degree view after reduction while Eric explains his decisions.
00:08:32 Returning to the original question – do you think this plant is more valuable now than it was before? Let us know in the comments below!
Thank you for watching! Please like and share this video! We’d love to have you join our newsletter. We generally send one email per month, highlighting new content (videos and articles) and new products. The newsletter sign-up is on the bottom of every page of bonsaify.com, and you can also find it here: https://www.bonsaify.com/pages/contact-us.
