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Top left; All branches are elimi- nating from the large branch in the back that is readily transformed into a jin.
Middle and bottom; All the carving work is carried out using mostly hand tools, namely knives, gouges and a splitter to tear the fibers of the wood and to shape the dead matter. To make the branch more flexible and easier to bend, deadwood is carved out with a die grinder.
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