Wire Bonsai

A style that I did for a while, the core is green and gunmetal is wrapped around the trunk and bases of the branches. Effective but time consuming

I have been known to make my own pots out of wood when a ceramic one is not quite right

I love these cascade pots from Walsall Studio Ceramics and could make cascades to set them off all day long. The wooden base is no longer used as slate is preferred

This one has always been one of my favourites to make and the original shown here sold in minutes at its first showing

This was an experiment in trying to keep the size down and uses an early version of the coating that we use on a lot of the later works. Again in a wooden pot

Another of the wrapped variety using thicker wire than we now use

This is near where it all started using 1mm brown anodised aluminium bonsai wire. It served me well but its hard on the fingers.

Gold coloured copper wire

Bare copper tree in a handmade wooden pot

Not the easiest way to make wire trees

Why not. Who says a trunk has to be solid

Somebody gave me a nutshell of some sort so I had to make use of it

More than one way to use a pot. Turning it upside down can work just as well

This was an early work using copper bonsai wire with aluminium deadwood effect

The coloured wire comes in a wide range of colours