Japanese Maple Development | Defoliating, Wiring, Carving

This video shows all steps of creating a Japanese maple from raw material. A must-see if you want to learn how to grow Japanese map bonsai. I mistakingly found out where the blue Japanese Maples are hiding! Join me how I convert the top of a maple tree into a bonsai. There is defoliating, wiring and carving the trunk of this maple in an first styling session for this simple stock Japanese maple, putting it on its way to become a bonsai. 0:00 Airlayer and other work 1:42 Discovering Blue Japanese Maple 2:00 Why defoliate Japanese Maple when developing 4:40 Pruning Japanese Maple 6:52 About rotary tools and the best bits to use for carving bonsai 8:02 Let the wood fly. Carving bonsai 8:40 Wiring and styling Bonsai Nibblers: https://bonsainibbler.co.uk/ ‪@BONSAIenCORTO‬ kindly produced a video showing his ryugen maple, for comparison. If anybody has any thoughts, please drop a line below. The video is here:    • Video