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Everything was done manually with a lot of elbow grease from Hank Fawcett (wearing a hat) and Ben Gri n, my excellent assistants, and me.
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A er about two hours of work the outline of the deadwood is revealed, now the stumps are made into jin and a er cleaning, the live vein becomes more no- ticeable (photo 15).
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en begins the styling phase; the thick trunk is very static and a er the rst bend; the live vein con- tinues in a straight line up to the foliage. It was decided
to separate it from the deadwood to make it exible in order to lower it. is creates the rst branch on the le side of our future bonsai to accompany the movement of the thick trunk, making the plant more dynamic. e live vein is separated using a splitter without protecting it, since the vein attached to the deadwood is very tubular, I perform what I call “an exposed bend.” Because it is bent without using raf- a and black tape, I observe carefully how the bers react as I lower the branch. I use this type of bend
