My First try at deadwood

[Brod]

i received this Juniper from a friend almost 12 months ago and didn't really know what to do with it. The Bottom Jin had already been there for some time and I thought it was lacking in the branch department. I Havn't had much experience creating cascade styles either so i thought i would have a go at it at the same time. I'm happy with how it turned out and think it is a good addition to my fast growing collection.

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From the Front

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from the Right side

Any tips on how to improve the dead wood look would be appreciated. As i said this is my first attempt at it.

Also, Do others put anything on deadwood to make it look older or does that just come with time?

[shibui]

Search Dead wood or jin with the ausbonsai search button top right and have a look at the wiki. Plenty of info should come up.

Dead wood is usually painted with lime sulphur to preserve and bleach it.

Your pics do not show it - I hope you have left bark connecting the live branches to the roots????

[Isitangus]

I would cut off the live section off the "deadwood" and then shorted the Jin.