Bonsai: Back to basics - tree 1

The privileged few bonsai enthusiasts of today are lucky enough to work on spectacular material trees in order to create their masterful works of art, whereas the majority of bonsai lovers are happy to work on all sorts of material (whatever is available). When I started my bonsai journey 50+ years ago the material I had to work with was absolute rubbish by todays standards — but I enjoyed SO MUCH fun working in this environment in my years of ignorant bliss — so I’m returning back to basics to see whether I can make a potential bonsai from very questionable material — in other words… rubbish!