Styling of a small spruce part 3

Here I have strated to shape the branches. I have used the thickest copper wire avalable. But the branches are quite thick and difficult to bend so it's impossible to bend them without guy wires.



Here you can see how I fasten the branch to a piece of deadwood to make it stick in the desired position.

All the branches was growing upwards and I need them to grow downwards so they must be bent quite a lot. I slowly tighten the guy wires to lower the branches.


Here you can see that the branches has been bent to the limit. The branches are starting to crack. I can't bend anymore on these branches now, even if I would like to lower them a bit more. I will return to this task next year when I have verified the health of the branches. It will not be a problem that the crack opened up. It will actually help the branches set in their new positions more quickly when the callus formes around it.