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Control the proportion and more than half of your bonsai will be made.

Published: 2024-11-05 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/05, Which one do you think is good for the two potted trees in the picture below? I believe most people will choose the one on the right. Because it is more compact, the proportion is more in line with our aesthetic. ...

Which one do you think is good for the two potted trees in the picture below? I believe most people will choose the one on the right. Because it is more compact, the proportion is more in line with our aesthetic.

The production of bonsai is to make the various proportions of trees most in line with people's aesthetics. For example, the following tree is very tall and has long branches. if it is allowed to grow freely, it will be a green landscape tree in the end. How to turn it into a bonsai, it is necessary to make it shorter and reduce the aspect ratio. If it is a deciduous tree, we can first cut off the upper part of the long branches. Of course, if we don't want to waste it, we should do high pressure strips. But if it's a pine tree, it can't be treated like this. After cutting off part of the trunk, it will take several years of branch pruning to make it look like the rightmost side. This is a good sketch.

There is also a proportional requirement for the taper of the trunk. A, B, C three shapes of the stump. An is what we often call a pen pile, which is usually left over from manual felling. This kind of pile is not useless, if you use carving techniques can also be very beautiful. But if you don't carve it, cut it off at a height of about 1.5 times the diameter, let it sprout again, and then cultivate it slowly. B this kind of pile is also often encountered, it has a certain taper, but this kind of pile is specious and difficult to deal with, so it can only be cultivated slowly and sprout from the trunk and then deal with it according to the situation. C is a very ideal bonsai pile, very suitable for bonsai, but this kind of pile can only be cultivated artificially.

There is also a proportional requirement for the taper of the crown. An is obviously a blank waiting to be pruned. B has been abandoned and can only start all over again. C is the ideal crown, and its proportion is just right.

For a tree like figure A below, the structure is loose and out of proportion. In the later stage, only after the operation is truncated, the branches are replanted and cultivated in the direction of D.

For a bonsai tree, if the overall proportion is controlled well, more than half of it will be successful. The remaining details can be a beautiful bonsai as long as the branches and leaves are combed a little.

 
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