Juniperus Chinensis "aurea"gold coast

<< 2003  Dug this one up from my neighbors yard.

<<2006 Its been three years now and this tree is ready for some serious work. I decided to do some shari work. I cleaned the bark and located the live veins and started stripping the bark off. About 4 hours later I was done.

<<The next day I started carving and creating the jins. I can't do what mother nature can for sure. But over the years to come it will look alright.

<< will work on the top next year. I will let it rest and gain strength for the work that needs done to the top. In the mean time I have to decide on the front. I plan on styling the tree from both sides. The one side has some nice dead wood at the bottom of the trunk but the nebari is terrible. The other side is not bad but the nebari is better.