First snow this winter ... Day as born for creativity! Finaly there is a long time announced work on juniperus, which Andrej gave me as change for fagus (Andrej, thank you again). Tora was in action today!

Prvi letošnji sneg ... Dan kot naročen za ustvarjanje! Končno sem dočakal že dolgo napovedovano obdelavo brina, ki sem ga dobil od Andreja v zamenjavo za bukev (Andrej še enkrat hvala). Tora je bila v akciji!

One year was enough to analise the tree and I make design in my head. First there was a sketch, which was inspired by juniperus of Jurgen Zaar:

Eno leto je bilo dovolj, da sem drevo preanaliziral in v glavi napravil dizajn. In na začetku je bila skica, ki jo je navdihnil brin Jurgena Zaarja:

And then: action! I brought the juniper  in Gorenjska already one month ago. Because it was in shadow during the summer it lost a lot of needles. But anyway, because of good feeding it is in good shape.

Potem pa akcija! Brin sem že pred mesecem prepeljal na Gorenjsko, ker sem ga imel čez leto v senci, je izgubil kar nekaj iglic, vseeno pa je zaradi obilnega gnojenja v odlični formi.

This is the start.

To je torej začetek.

Then we moved on to shari. Uf, there is a lot of work even in next years!

Potem sva se z Rajkotom spravila nad suhi les. Uf, še veliko dela naju čaka tudi v naslednjih letih!

After making and cleaning shari tree was prepared for wiring. There was only few brunches left, all needed for final design but still there was to much of them. Then there was a lot of wiring, some rafia, wiring ...

Po čiščenju in obdelavi suhega lesa, je bilo drevo pripravljeno na žičenje. Ostale so samo veje, ki bodo sodile v končno sliko, a še vedno jih je bilo preveč. Potem pa žičenje, nekaj rafije, žičenje ...

After eight hours the first faze is over. A new bonsai is born, it has a bright future. Next year I'll concentrate on fine brushing of shari and pinching of crown, in spring 2010 it will be transplanted into bonsai pot. And then it will be ready for first exhibitions! 

Po osmih urah je prva faza končana. Bonsaj je ugledal luč sveta, čaka ga lepa prihodnost. Prihodnje leto podrobno urejanje suhega lesa in vršičkanje krošnje, spomladi 2010 pa v bonsajsko posodo in na prve razstave!

Meanwhile there was 20 cm of snow. Driving home is completely different story! 

Med tem je zapadlo 20 cm snega. Pot domov je že druga zgodba ...