Wire By The Ton & A Simple Lesson 12/15/11

A very simple wiring lesson. It’s pretty self explanatory, but if you need more explanation, check out ‘Wiring a Young Tree’ in Bonsai Today issue 107 (Bonsai Today back issues are currently 70% off at Stone Lantern).

That’s a lot of bonsai wire
It’s now official. We have sold almost exactly one ton of Bonsai Aesthetics wire since we started offering it on June 26th of this year.

Two very good reasons
There are two very good reasons why Bonsai Aesthetics wire is so popular: first, quality: it’s easy to use and it holds very well. Second, low prices.

1 Kilo rolls
We offer 1 kilo rolls of Bonsai Aesthetics wire for $14.80 to $18.50 each, depending on how many you buy.

100 gram rolls
We offer 100 gram rolls for $2.12 to 2.65 each, depending on how many you buy.

Why wire?
There was a time when some bonsai purists refused to use wire to shape their trees. That time is now gone. Virtually all bonsai artists now use bonsai wire. If you compare bonsai from the pre-wiring era and now, the results are all you need to know about wiring. Though it’s true that other breakthroughs (like carving with power tools) are involved, still, wiring has revolutionized bonsai. It allows you to do things that would take much, much longer without wire. It also allows you to do things you could never do without wire.

A simple quiz to bend your mind during these dark winter months. From Bonsai Today issue 1.

Japanese bonsai wire
We also offer excellent low prices on Koyo Japanese bonsai wire.