Creating a Bonsai tree

In this advanced demo we design a large 'Sabina Juniper' Bonsai tree. It was collected in the mountains of Spain about four years prior to this styling. The work was done by Rafael Torres and Bjorn Bjorholm, who teaches several online courses on our website:
www.bonsaiempi...
Topics discussed:
- Repotting (done 2 years ago)
- Preparing the tree and making sure it is very healthy
- Cleaning the trunk
- Finding the life veins
- Creating deadwood
- Tools used to create deadwood
- Applying lime sulfur to preserve the deadwood
- Identifying and removing crotch growth, leggy growth and undergrowth
- Deciding on the front
- Design Process and branch selection
- Wiring and setting branches
- Applying guy wires
- Designing the apex
- Future steps to take
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Spanish version of this movie:
• Diseñando un Bonsái

[@brandonlow1490]

What a beautiful specimen.. the second angle looks like the baddest dragon mother nature ever made out of deadwood.

[@ddeguia4]

Bjorn is awesome! Always enjoy watching his educational vids!

[@xavierferri]

that top is so much looking like the dragon of "The NeverEnding Story" movie !!!
incredible !!!
and of course incredible job guys

[@antoanarnaudov3664]

The top really looks like a dragon to me. Amazing

[@junkyard_dog111]

wow what a specimen! thanks for the great video!

[@johnmattsson8218]

Bjorn, we need more videos!

[@axsdnyd2989]

Looks like a sea dragon. Really beautiful.

[@MikeOxmellsGrimm8]

Thank you for uploading this complete video. Amazing work by the guys.

[@Gulbaqawali]

You have done wonders to ...Tree is looking superb.Thanks for sharing.

[@waterlover]

Beautiful tree

[@raisingmaple4633]

Such a beautiful piece of material, and you highlighted its features so well!

[@pnwgrown_360]

Bjorn, I love the trip hop and instrumentals in background of your videos ! Also the dementor tree looks rad! I wish I could fly both you guys to Washington state to do a class

[@Maunkwew]

Duet maun master bonsai 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@lovelygreenbonsai]

Incredible work, thank you for sharing 🙏🏻
Toni

[@HaNguyen-sq7dr]

Thank you

[@VeryZesty]

Loving the weirdness!

[@shabbirmanager9785]

Wow very nice video thanks for sharing.GOD BLESS YOU

[@veegee49]

Yes some day

[@VmixVlogs]

Wow! Really nice😉😉

[@ArmandoHainaDalCol]

Materiale eccellente, risultato sicuro!

[@ashwarirai]

awsome master pice bro.

[@sationobudi1706]

Bjorn, yamadori yang luarbiasa.

[@arifgerrard]

Numero uno👍

[@tcs7717]

Fantastic name and fantastic video! Thank you for walking through that. For the tools that you used, could you add a link in the description to a place that we can see/purchase them? Keep up the great work!

[@marans22]

good information
bro amazing bonsai ...super

[@BonsaiTalk]

If that's the Dementor... when do we get to see the Mandrake!

[@hayatkader2989]

muhtesem!!!bellisima

[@Just.bonsai]

Has anyone else noticed his voice is suddenly much deeper than last year? Like the audio speed is slowed down.

[@cdarkes84]

You’ve talked about spraying with kelp in the past.. do you do this in the evening when the sun goes down? I started myself and that’s when I do most sprays

[@user-hj5kt9mi5f]

🌲🌲👍👍👍

[@manfani8861]

in my country no one has idea about bonsai so u can find thousands of trees in wild that can be turned into bonsai.

[@ariabonsai6300]

more like a dragon from

[@seaspoke]

Nice! What is the soil blend please?

[@dracokaiser]

This tree should be named “Orochi”

[@lamontjackson6971]

No one ever tells us what product used to bring out the natural brown colour on the trunk?

[@dracokaiser]

This tree should be named orochi

[@browniesbear]

dont you dare remove that small one, thats the big guy's friend. especially a yamadori.

[@squishy_madness]

second

[@ITheFight]

Hey your apprentice should wear safety glasses when working with a dremel tool. Big "no no" especially with a wire wheel

[@HansKaramottoBonsai]

I don't think I would ever say this because I am a big fan of you both...but this those not work for me at all.
Hans van Meer.

[@fernando7650]

When you think of it, it is actually so sad we can't enjoy the beauty of these kind of trees in their natural environment because someone thought it was cool to rip them off their habitat and put them in a pot...

[@stephenkoebcke9070]

most people " in the wild " probably never saw this or a lot of the yamadori that are collected because of where the trees were.
it had a rough long life, the beautiful shape and foliage testify to that, now it will be cared for under the best of conditions.
also the persons family can enjoy it for generations now, along side others when it is shone in a show, probably more in one day than ever saw it in the wild it's whole life.
around the world there's not a lot of places to collect, flat out prohibited or by limited permits like here, so I doubt bonsai artists will deplete the tree population.
but share with the world the beauty of nature in person that most don't go out into . Steve. MABS USA

[@Just.bonsai]

Not sad at all. Now it can be enjoyed by many people. Most Forrest is clear cut for your consumer goods.

[@memberphil]

Doesn't look natural in my opinion

[@TomTomTomTom538]

I understand what you are saying, but no bonsai look truly natural, especially not the contemporary Japanese style.
On the other hand, nothing is more natural than yamadori, nature created most of this image.
It's very unusual in that there's no clear trunk with a triangle on top.
And it's not my cup of tea, but I can see that that's why some people would like it.

[@fmls8266]

It looks totally natural except the clean bark and the tidy foliage.
You clearly don't live in a place with yamadori junipers. I do.
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