It is time to present a bonsai which took two years for wiring! I started wiring at last workshop of the year 2008 in Tora and finished today :-) ! But anyway it was a lot of work. I thought that I'll finish my work in a half an hour but then I needed three nice hours. Here is the story: Even I couldn't resist to nice offer and bought this Chamaecyparis pisifera Boulevard:

Čas je, da vam predstavim bonsaj, ki sem ga žičil dve leti! Začel sem na zadnji delavnici lanskega leta v Tori in končal danes :-) ! Kljub vsemu je bilo veliko dela. Mislil sem, da mi ga bo za danes ostalo le še kakšne pol ure, pa se je vse skupaj raztegnilo v prijetne tri. Gremo po vrsti. Tudi jaz se nisem mogel upreti ugodni ponudbi grahastih pacipres in si že jeseni rezerviral lepotico, ki vam jo zdajle predstavljam:

I really didn't know what I am buying, I just feel nebari with my hand and touched some movement. But that was it. Material is cheep enough that I can used it for training anyway. Then I cleaned the tree and after an hour I was even more satisfied:

V bistvu nisem vedel, kaj kupujem, v gošči sem lahko otipal le nebari in pa nekaj gibanja, kar me je zadovoljilo; materijal je tako ali tako poceni, da se ga za trening vedno da uporabiti. Sledilo je čiščenje in že čez kakšno uro sem bil nad nakupom še bolj navdušen:

Next was brunch selection and stile decision - which was "made" by Rajko in Tomaž. After inspection of the tree they said that would be enough to cut the brunches and left the tree for one year. Green mass was too far from the trunk they thought. But I want to proved that even with such material we can achieve pleasant result. So I wired the tree and then I stopped  in front of the main problem - as always that was top of the tree: 

Sledila je selekcija vej in odločitev za slog, za katerega sta v bistvu kriva Rajko in Tomaž. Namreč oba sta po ogledu drevesa dejala, da bi bilo pacipreso najbolje samo porezati in eno rastno sezono pustiti na miru, da bi pognala bližje deblu. Pa se nisem dal in s klasičnim pokončnim slogom skušal dokazati, da se da tudi iz takšnega materijala takoj napraviti zadovoljiv rezultat. Sledilo je žičenje in sprotno razporejanje vej (moj način dela je pač tak), dokler danes nisem obstal pred vedno najtežjim delom oblikovanja - vrhom:

But It was not so hard, I designed it as round cupola which is natural for old trees.

Pa je tudi to šlo, vrh sem oblikoval v zamišljeno zaokroženo kupolo, ki je značilna za stara drevesa.

And there it was - classical japanese bonsai in formal stile, with almost no movement. But there is enough movement that one is not getting bored. Even nebari which was dig out is OK. Now fine pinching and repoting still waiting to be done.

Nastal je klasični japonski bonsaj v pokončnem slogu, z relativno malo gibanja. A dovolj, da opazovalcu ni dolgčas; tudi nebari, ki sem ga odkopal je zadovoljiv. Zdaj ga čaka le še skrbno vršičkanje in presaditev v izbrano posodo.

Evergreens are different story than decidous trees are. Brunches can be turned and with green mass we can fill out the empty space. Fare more easier and faster we achieve good results. That way the evergreens are always part of demonstrations and workshops.

Oblikovanje iglavcev je v primerjavi z listavci povsem druga zgodba. Veje, ki manjkajo, lahko pričaramo s krivljenjem vej v pravi položaj, z zeleno maso, ki bo z vršičkanjem skrila vse pomanjkljivosti, zapolnimo prostor. Veliko lažje in predvsem hitreje pridemo do željenih rezultatov, zato so iglavci tudi vedno predmet demosntracij in delavnic.

First act in new year is over. But there are new bonsai adventures waiting and I am looking forward to live them!

Prvo dejanje v novem letu je torej za mano, na vidiku pa so že novi bonsajski podvigi, ki se jih že veselim!