Redesigning bonsai with wire scars (Ficus bonsai)

What to to when a wire has scarred a branch on your ficus bonsai? After you leave a wire on too long, there is a real risk of long-term scarring on you bonsai. And sometimes that means you might have to redesign the tree. In this video I redesign one of my ficus bonsai to ensure long-term there is no big scars on the branches. 0:00 Ficus bonsai from a large cutting (How it started) 0:44 Dealing with overgrown wire on ficus bonsai 2:20 Dealing with grooves in branches 4:38 Design consideration ficus bonsai (Tree 1) 6:20 Pruning ficus to stimulate backbudding and facilitate wiring 7:49 Stop Ficus from bleeding 8:16 wiring out and styling ficus (Tree 1) 9:38 Pruning back ficus (Tree 2) 12:10 Wiring and styling Ficus bonsai (tree 2) 14:45 Overwintering Ficus bonsai