Bonsai Intro @ Wigert's Bonsai

Instructor: Jason Osborne
Course Syllabus: Thomas L. Zane

I. Basic Design
1. Nebari
2. Trunk Line
3. Branch Placement

II. Rule of the thirds
1. Lower third - No branches (Nebari)
2. Middle third
3. Top third - 360 branches

III. Five Basic Classic Styles of Bonsai
1. Formal upright
2. Informal upright
3. Slanting
4. Semi cascade
5. Cascade
(6) We chose Twin trunk style
(7) Literati style - tropics

IV. Size
1. shohin - bonsai under ten inches tall
2. mame - bonsai under six inches tall
H = 6 X TD

V. Tools
1. Scissors
2. Concave and knob cutter
3. Wire cutter

VI. Wire
1. Al
2. Cu

Let's start...

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