Creating Deadwood On Bonsai

Shari is the technique of creating areas of deadwood on the trunk of the bonsai tree. I was in my growing out field in december and thought of another route to create yin and shari. In nature deadwood is created when a tree is hit by lightning exposed to sustained periods of drought or when branches snap due to ice stress wind or weight of snow.

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A jin is meant to show age or show that the tree has had a struggle to survive.

Creating deadwood on bonsai. Jins are created in nature when wind lightning or other adversity kills the leader or a branch further down the tree. The deadwood will usually run up the trunk of the tree creating the most amazing appearance. Yew branches that are cut of or were cut off during the growing out period of the plant are stripped of their bark and carved back to elegant rounded or pointed stubs. Deadwood features using this method are created by tearing away fibres from the wood.

It can really add to the character of a bonsai tree as in nature this process can only be caused by very traumatic events such as lightning. Deadwood on bonsai in the form of jinor shari adds an effective feature to a design and in the case of many old pine and juniper a very realistic one as well. Pulling away strips of the grain to create a natural effect. Jin 神 is a bonsai deadwood technique used on branches or the top of the trunk the leader.

A jin is a bare stripped part of branch and a shari is a barkless part of trunk. Jins on trees in nature are normally created when branches are broken by strong winds by the weight of snow or by lightening strikes. Creating deadwood on bonsai in the form of jin or shari can enhance the tree s character significantly. This second part of the article creating deadwood for bonsai by hand demonstrates further the use of handtools to create jin and shari with a natural appearance.

Normally one creates deadwood during the first styling of pre bonsai material. Part one can be seen here.