Peter Warren assisted by Minoru Akiyama Demo – Natures Way Bonsai 2014

This is part 2 of the last post I did regarding the demo by Peter Warren and Minoru Akiyama. Since there was time remaining after the first tree, Peter decided to demo a second tree for the group. This time around Peter did most of the hands-on with the assistance of Minoru. The chosen tree for this demo was a small yamadori ponderosa pine from Natures Way Nursery. 

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Chosen small yamadori ponderosa pine for demo

Peter looking over the tree

Removing some unwanted growth

Looking over one last time before working on design of tree

And the process begins….

Minoru helping with wiring to speed things up

Wiring

Both Peter and Minoru wiring

Wiring and pruning

Wiring and pruning

Wiring and pruning

Wiring and pruning

Branch placement begins

Branch placement

Branch placement

A big bend to completely change the direction of a main branch to the opposite of the tree

Bending……

Taking a breather and to wipe the sweat!

Bending…..

More bending……

Looks at those muscles and veins pooping out of Peter!!

HERCULES! HERCULES! HERCULES! 🙂

And its almost there…..

Now moving the secondary branches into position

Finishing touches

The completed bonsai

View from this angle

Close-up of the old crackled bark on the ponderosa pine

Some natural deadwood

Finished bonsai

Myself with Peter Warren after the demo

 Hopefully you enjoyed this post and thanks for reading!