Cập nhật cây Bonsai được tạo dáng từ 9 năm trước của nghệ nhân Bonsai Kevin Willson

it all happened during the hot September of 2010 in Alicante, Spain, where Kevin Willson enjoyed a life like a rockstar. Kevin had several designs in mind and illustrated two of them. Ruben Ciezar Villanueva, the owner and collector, chose the more classic option spontaneously. This was because it really emphasized the fabulous moving live veins and deadwood.

Kevin explained that when this tree was collected its live veins weren’t as thick as they are now; the tree needed to adjust from a harsh mountain situation where foliage grows less vigorously than it does lower down the mountain.

Most of the time went into carving the deadwood. Although using large tools to split and tear the wood, the use of a machine was necessary because its wood was iron hard. The risk with carving such deadwood is that you could spoil it in just an instant. The design was kept as simple as possible to let the powerful movement and shari show its potential. The front was adjusted later and its branch setting even further simplified. (Read the whole Masterclass article in our BF 2011-1 issue.)

• The yew was dug out by Ruben Ciezar Villanueva. You can see that the trunk divides into two parts. On the left two live veins run across it and at the start of the branch there is an open area. The branch that grows to the front is too heavy, while the top area is too straight
• Above: At the base of the massive trunk there is a stunning piece of deadwood. Below: Kevin at work