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Bonsai Styling Techniques
from: Lawn and Garden Magic
The main fun and challenge in growing Bonsai is to do something unique and beautiful and the most crucial factor to be successful is the art of styling your Bonsai. Though styling a Bonsai is very subjective, there are principles and techniques that should be followed that will help you figure out the perfect "look" for your Bonsai.
There are 5 basic techniques for styling a Bonsa: "chokkan" or formal upright; "moyogi" or informal upright; "shankkan" or slanting; "kengi" or cascade; and semi-cascade.
Before styling a bonsai, determine which side is front and which one is the back. Study all the styling techniques, and then determine which will work best for your Bonsai. Remove surface soil so you'll know where the root starts and how large the trunk is before the first branch.
Dispose of of any dead leaves and wood using a pointed pair of scissors and remove any leave that may grown at the lower end of the branches. Make sure that the side you consider the Bonsai’s front has its first major branch standing about 1/3 towards the top of your tree, either to the right or left side. When styling a Bonsai, it;s important that you can see much of the trunk from the front with no branches or roots that come straight at you.
The branches are very special elements when styling a Bonsai which makes it advisable to choose the ones you feel are best to use in your design. Beginners tend to preserve more foliage than necessary. Since you're styling a tree, not a shrub, remember that the gaps found between the foliage are as importance as the foliage. Since the first major branch should be about 1/3 towards the top of the tree, the next one should be a bit above the first, but on the other side.
If possible, branches shouldn't be at the same height and opposite each other, a characteristic known as bar branch and which isn't considered ideal. The third branch should, again, be higher than the previous one and should be located at the back of the tree. This is the pattern that should be followed as much as possible until you reach the top of the tree. Unwanted branches should be removed and so your tree can achieve a somewhat triangular shape.
Styling a Bonsai doesn't really require you conform to strict rules because, of course, art is art and to be creative without adhering to specific standards is your goal.
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