Eric gets by with a little help from his bonsai friend Sam Tan (IG: @samtanbonsai) working on a Sierra Juniper yamadori he collected in 2015. Watch their process and listen in on their design discussion in this video!
(They mention Daisaku Nomoto in the video; Daisaku is a bonsai professional who lives in Japan, and who has previously given Eric advice on the tree.)
00:02:15 Tipping the tree.
00:03:55 Crown discussion.
00:04:28 Setting the structure.
00:06:39 “making a beautiful jin” cutting decision.
00:07:29 Wiring and jin (bare-stripped part of a branch) work.
00:08:22 Eric’s tanuki (a living tree is joined to a piece of deadwood to create a driftwood style composition) plans and tendency to giggle at his own ideas.
00:09:18 Close-up of jin work.
00:10:34 Sam has a creative idea for a lower branch.
00:11:39 Listen in on a wiring lesson from Sam to Pedro!
00:15:10 Sam wiring ASMR
00:15:50 Sam explains forming pads “with body”.
00:16:45 Exact apex placement, and close-up of the finished work.
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