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It is important to develop your wiring skills and over the last couple of weeks i have had very good friends visiting me. it is a good relationship (as they are all good Bonsai folk) they sit and talk and get me beer and i wire Heaven on Earth. Here are some.

Hi Bodhi , mate your welcome to come over here . I guarantee to give you all the beers you like to wire my tree's . Top job and the only way to fly . I avoided wiring for years and still don't like it , but the results are outstanding as you have shown here . Thank for the good kick in the pants inspiration .

Cheers Alpine

Great effort mate, I'm with Ian, not the biggest fan of wiring [only due to my novice skill level lol]

Any more pics or info on that 300mm corky bark elm??? Looks great.

Looking Fantastic there Bodhi, top job mate!!

Some lovely trees ther bodhi
Cannot think of anything better, good company, beers and bonsai

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Some nice projects there Bodi,
I remember Mark talking about wiring when he was here for the Tops weekend. He said he did not mind wiring in fact he enjoyed it because at the point of wiring all the hard work was done and he could then let his mind wander and just wire. I took this to mean that he had to think alot to style a tree but once that was done it was just a process to get the wiring done.
In my little world i have related this welding. When fabricating items you must be constantly thinking about measurement and the steps you must follow to create the item correctly. But once built you can mostly turn of welding is mostly known repetition.
Some times it is nice to turn off and just weld so I can understand what he is saying but if I had to make a choice between doing one job or the other I would rather the creative aspect of fabricating. I could never weld all day long every day. But I know others that would choose welding all day long instead!

Taking the wire of is worse I reckon anyway!

They look awesome. Wiring is something I think people don't realise the importance of. A tree wired properly is a lot easier to place the branches where you want than one with bad wiring. You have provided an excellent example for people to follow. Personally I love wiring as it gives me a chance to look the tree over and notice small details I miss other wise.

Josh

alpineart wrote: but the results are outstanding as you have shown here .

G'day Alps, I reckon wiring a tree is half of the battle to developing a good Bonsai. If beer comes in the deal then its a from me.

Qitianlong wrote:

Thanks for the encouragement Q.L.

Andrew F wrote: Any more pics or info on that 300mm corky bark elm??? Looks great.

Hi Andrew, there is a thread here somewhere on the development of this tree. I will update it.

Phoenix238 wrote:Looking Fantastic there Bodhi, top job mate!!

Thanks P238, Its nice when someone else appreciates my trees.

kcpoole wrote:Cannot think of anything better, good company, beers and bonsai

And a ..AMEN..to that K.C.

Bretts wrote:Taking the wire of is worse I reckon anyway!

G'day Bretts. Happy New Year. I am discovering some forgotten wire in my efforts to defoliate my trees. Some BAD scarring

kidsandall wrote:They look awesome. Wiring is something I think people don't realise the importance of. A tree wired properly is a lot easier to place the branches where you want than one with bad wiring. You have provided an excellent example for people to follow. Personally I love wiring as it gives me a chance to look the tree over and notice small details I miss other wise.

Josh

Hi Josh, we need to catch up. I agree with all you have said and wiring is the essential ingredient of a good Bonsai.

Yes i really enjoy wiring also !!! The rewards are great but it also feels great when you hit the zone and your wire is hummin around those branches. Some great results there mate im sure your new year is going to be a cracka !!!

It always bowls me over when I hear bonsai people say they don't like wiring.
Craigw

I agree wiring is so important in bonsai and If done properly gives fantastic result that can not be achieved with out wiring. In order to raise the level of bonsai in Australia basic technique is what needs to mastered which includes proper wiring.
Personally I love wiring also it's great to see the tree forming and coming together as you wire each branch and place each one. It's very satisfying.

Hugh

Tried my hand at wiring the other day.... definately much harder then it looks

Can definately see the value in it though, just need to build my skills.

I find wiring great when you have time. But often I am rushed, with a 1000 things to do as well as care for my blossoming collection of little trees. So I've found that it is better not to rush it (and break branches) but only approach a tree if there is nothing else to do. Often I'm lazy and just wire branches down to the pot/box. Wish I could do the bonsai school classes this year, just can't make the times. Maybe next year.

DENAz wrote:Tried my hand at wiring the other day.... definately much harder then it looks

Can definately see the value in it though, just need to build my skills.

Find anything you can and practice wiring it. Get a branch from the bush, anything you can wire and go for it. Once done take the wire off and do it again. Do it going one way then the other way. Kinda of like wax on wax off, seems pointless but the more you do it the more natural it becomes. Nothing worse than havong your first go at wiring on your prize tree.

Josh