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Top; The bonsai shown in May 2016, with the design as envisioned by the seller, a twin trunk style.
On May 2016, I tried to put it into a bonsai pot and shaped it like the seller intended, a twin trunk design. I used small wires to wire all the twigs and tried to di- vide branches and twigs into layers. I bent the bottom trunk a bit lower to show some ow on the trunk. It nally turned into a nice bonsai as you can see above. It had a good stability. e trunks that slanted to the right was supported by the strong root base on the right side.
However, the more I looked at it as an artist, I start- ed to think of another option where I would be able to make this bonsai better and it would be an original design by me. I had completed the un nished job of the rst designer, but to realize what I had in my mind, I put the tree back into a big pot—this time into a big, deep pot to speed up the growth of the plant.
I tilted the plant to straighten the trunks so that the plant would grow quicker (bottom right).
Bottom; To change the style, the tree was planted into a very deep pot and tilted the trunks in a more upright position to speed up growth.
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