Bending Technique

August and Looking Back

It’s funny how things seem to be so much older looking back a year and a half. Perhaps it’s not really the age but the improvements over...

Pushing the Limit 2 with the Scenic Route

Pushing the Limit 2 with the Scenic Route I thought you’d all enjoy an update about this Black pine that was heavily bent last Winter....

Lets Bend! Part 3

Lets Bend! Part 3 Repotting season is coming to an end here at Aichien an how fitting that this Black Pine turned out to be the last tree...

Just Plastic Rope

Just Plastic Rope In the last Blog post of Mr. Tanaka’s work, many of you commented on the rope that he used instead of raffia to make a...

Tanaka, Junichiro 田中淳一郎

Tanaka, Junichiro 田中淳一郎 I was working in the workshop as usual one day and Mr. Tanaka brings in this Black Pine and sets it on his work...

Pushing the Limit!

Pushing the Limit! One day, Mr. Tanaka brought this Japanese Black Pine into the workshop and said, “clean this tree up for the auction...

Lets Bend! Part 2

Lets Bend! Part 2 Do you remember this Black Pine? Back In July of 2011 I bent the trunk of this tree and wrote a post about it...

Rebar Basic On Black Pine

Rebar Basic on Black Pine The day Mr. Tanaka left the nursery to bring trees to Kokufu-ten, he tasked me to style this Japanese Black...

Let's Bend! Part 1

The other day I was given the task to do some trunk bending on this tree. The tree has nice old bark and very healthy. Perfect for...