Just Another Before & After Bonsai? 3/17/19

Itoigawa juniper before and after by Gabriel Romero Aguade
By now you may have seen dozens, if not hundreds of before and after bonsai posts. Some were done in a matter of hours and some took years to complete. When I first saw this one, my guess was it falls into the second group; bonsai transformations that take years.
But rather than settle on a guess, I decided to ask the artist, Gabriel Romero Aguade who posted it just a couple days ago.  Here’s my question… “How many years was the process? ” And here’s Gabriel’s answer… “From the first to the second photograph, 6 hours have passed. more or less. Amazing!
*we plan to ‘throw the switch’ Monday night – see below
Before. Note the colander
After. Six hours later, more or less
*About the switch. It’s the moment we redirect our url to our NEW Website. After years of indecision, fear and procrastination (really it’s been years!) we’re finally ready and we’ve settled on Monday night.
We’re excited and invite you to share our excitement. Our Stone Lantern link will be the same, and so will our products (with a few new ones for you), but every thing else will be much better… newer, smarter, better to look at and easier to navigate. And of course a few surprises that we think you’ll like. We look forward to seeing you there!