Uro Bonsai
While jin appear natural on coniferous bonsai they do not look as appropriate on most deciduous and broadleaf species.
Uro bonsai. Uro trucks a spanish truck manufacturer uromastyx a genus of lizards. A jin is a bare stripped part of branch and a shari is a barkless part of trunk. The feature or focal point of the tree becomes the old looking hollow or rotten trunk so often observed in old oak and willow trees as well as many other species. Uros a people of south america.
Shari and driftwood styles edit. United restitution organization. Many bonsai enthusiasts are familiar with the japanese terms jin meaning a dead branch stripped of bark and shari or sharimiki an area of the trunk stripped of bark to create a deadwood feature. Uru chipaya languages the family of languages spoken by the uro people.
Though bonsai uro may well be man made. For example when removing a branch from a deciduous or broadleaf species bonsai growers often make a uro to avoid having an ugly wound healing slowly and scarring without control. Bonsai gardeners replicate this hollow as a uro by making a small irregularly shaped wound in the trunk. This article describes the technique and purpose of creating uro or to give it s literal meaning to carve out.
A uro can be seen close to the bottom of the trunk of this bonsai. Uro directed by stefan faldbakken. See deadwood bonsai techniques. Aside from the flowers buds and aged bark you might notice the hollowed out trunk sabamiki.
Hollow trunk uro is a feature style meaning that it can occur with any of the five major styles. Deadwood on bonsai jin shari and uro creating deadwood on bonsai in the form of jin or shari can enhance the tree s character significantly. An old ume from the omiya bonsai art museum. Uro or uro may refer to.