Jin Bonsai

It is by far the easiest.

Jin bonsai. Jins are created in nature when wind lightning or other adversity kills the leader or a branch further down the tree. A jin is one of the first bonsai deadwood techniques that most people learn. Really big tree really small tree penjing suiseki daiza graft a branch carve jin or shari start from seed air layer create a forest make your own bonsai pot new style windswept go collecting take a class create companion plants. Of jin on a bonsai implies to the viewer an increased age and shows the struggle of the tree to survive.

Jin shari and uro creating deadwood on bonsai in the form of jin or shari can enhance the tree s character significantly. A jin is a bare stripped part of branch and a shari is a barkless part of trunk. A jin is meant to show age or show that the tree has had a struggle to survive. 2 try something new or different step out of your box or comfort zone.

It s a good point that a close view tree should have jin in scale and it s certainly an easily defendable position that bonsai should have such jin. The rudyban has a curved handle for a nice hand feel. When you want to artificially make a tree seem older or affected by the weather. This tool has quickly become one of the most important tools in many bonsai practitioners tool collection.

Mauro made this tool super popular by using it on a regular basis.