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Take home a piece of Pacific Bonsai Museum with this unique acrylic keychain from the Small Talk exhibition.
Designed by Seattle artisit Emily Cowell, this Chinese Juniper on Sierra Juniper is centuries old. the tree had gradually died back until it consisted of a mostly dead trunk with a single vein of live tissue supporting a few low branches. Artist Ken Sugimoto removed the dead upper portion of the tree and collected the lower portion to train as bonsai. Removed from its desert home to a cooler, foggy coastal environment, the tree’s foliage became unattractively long and stringy. The artist grafted young, potted Chinese junipers (called “scions”) to the branch tips of the larger tree. After the grafts “took”, he removed the lower portions of the scions and the original foliage of Sierra juniper to yield a bonsai with the best features of both.
Chinese Juniper on Sierra Juniper | J. chinensis/J. occidentalis | Bonsai Since: 1970
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