Saturday afternoon I photographed the bonsai escambron I planned to take to the meeting.
Jason came with his wife and kids. He examined this foemina juniper, one of two trees provided for him to work on. He chose the other one.
Jason Chan demonstrated at the Rainbow Bonsai Club's annual December show four years ago. Posing for photos.
Jason chose this Monterey Cypress, owned by Jim Meyer, to work on.
We invited members of all the ʻOahu bonsai clubs and we had a good turnout. Jason is a former officer of the Golden State Bonsai Federation
(California) and is proprietor of
Eastern Leaf
bonsai nursery in Chino, California.
Jason decided to make a bunjin (literati style) out of the tree.
He discussed the rationale for finding the front.
Discussing branch placement.
People brought pot luck items for lunch after the demo.
More discussion of the front showing the curves of the trunk.
The front is facing Jason.
Getting ready to bend the first branch.
View from the back.
After wrapping the branch with rafia, Jason applied heavy wire.
Rainbow president Pat lent a hand throughout.
Jason put rafia and wire on the back branch.
Detail of the wire and stays.
Continuing wiring.
He worked his way up the tree with more wired branches.
He removed unneccessary branches. Almost done.
Pat, Jim, and Jason with the finished bonsai. A beautiful result.
My bonsai escambron after pruning.
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