I love this series. It’s all about the stress a beginner goes thru and you take us thru it. It’s where I am at too.

@dennisrehmann2373

Жыл бұрын

Well said! Prior to finding this series, it was very overwhelming to determine what is important on day 1 but this series follows the KISS method very well with an easy to comprehend format. (Keep it simple stupid)

@raimondamezale3255

Жыл бұрын

I don't uderstand why I found these series after a year of watching all kind of bonsai videos. Really well explained

Thank you for sharing your knowledge on a beginners level. This is what brings people into the art of bonsai instead of running them off. Keep up the good work!

I don’t even know how I started down the bonsai rabbit hole this week, but I’m already hooked and picked up my attempt at cleaning and assessing a dwarf burning bush I got for $4 at Fred Myles today. Laughing at myself for how eager I was to go for it 😂 The beginners series is so well done; clear, organized, builds intuitively and moves at a comfortable pace. It makes me want to be the audience participant in another season of skill building, if you do another one which you should because they are so fun to watch 😁

This series Is GOLDEN, please post more often!

I'm so glad I found a true Master instructor... you rock. You've instructed me so much thank you ... you're helping to identify American bonsai. Setting the foundation for the future. I wish you well. Bless you in your endeavors

I would almost be tempted to ignore my dislike of traveling just to have classes with Ryan. One of the BEST teachers I've ever watched. If he hadn't gotten into Bonsai, he would of been teaching something in another form, I'd say. I would do the online classes but I saw him ignoring questions last time I watched the live stream (Why don't you put deciduous on a slab? was the question that kept being asked and ignored) also I refuse to sign up for re occurring charges out of principle. Anyway, Imagine if our society celebrated master artist like Ryan instead of crappy actors or people who play a game (sports) for a living. That's the kind of world I want to live in.

I have had bonsais for more than 20 years now ..... and during this tutual series I have learned much ...... Thanks 😎😎

I did my first succesful styling thanks to this series. Thanks Ryan for all youve given us

Imagine all the bonsai trees saved from destruction from bad wiring now that this video exists. Thank you for sharing the common mistakes and how to fix. Very helpful!

As a beginner this series is awesome. I have a better idea of what to look for when I go to the hills searching my yamadori or the garden center looking for a new tree. Thank you Ryan i wish i lived in Portland so i could get in on your workshops.

It'd be awesome to learn face to face with Ryan like this. Excellent video. Thanks

Thank you and one day I will bee at your gate to see you garden🥰

What a nurturing instructor. Love the interaction b/t Ryan and Josh.

Super detailed video. Will really help a lot of us avoid some basic mistakes.

First of all, I applaud your wonderful effort of teaching the all-important basics to the novice Bonsai enthusiast around the world! But if I may...I have some criticism about the use of copper wire when dealing with a beginner. It is so much harder to use than aluminium wire, even for people who have been doing it for years! Making the change of damaging or breaking the branch when applying so much bigger! And it so much more expensive as aluminium wire, especially when every time you have to cut off a to long piece for extra leverage to apply it! I only ever use copper on Bonsai that go to a show because then I can use a thinner thickness than with aluminium wire and because of its colour that is more neutral and less shinny after it hardens. But thanks for all your good work for the Bonsai community and I will make sure that all my students will watch your series! 👍👍👍 Cheers, Hans van Meer.

@fingersoup

3 жыл бұрын

You have to learn to use copper sometime. Why not at the beginning when you are learning the basics? Yeah it is difficult and you will mess up but it's like that with bonsai at first anyways.

@HansKaramottoBonsai

3 жыл бұрын

@@fingersoup Hi Fingersoup! I know that you should learn to wire with copper eventually or strait away if possible...but the majority of people around the world can't afford or can't get copper wire! I know this for a fact because I have been teaching Bonsai for many years now all around Europe and know for a fact that maybe a handful of all those students brought copper wire to my workshops! So if you teach novice students (witch most Bonsai enthusiasts are), teach them to wire with aluminium wire and tell them that it is better (?) to use copper when they get better at wiring and if they can afford it! That is all that I meant with my reaction. Cheers, and stay safe! 🙏😉 Hans van Meer.

Every time I watch Ryan Neil work it makes me wish I had the time and funds to get to to see the rest of the content on the Mirai live site. I’m sure it’s a trove.

we need more videos like this..!! thanks

Fantastic series of videos! i'm glad to see the next installment, i was starting to worry we wouldn't get to see more. Keep up the good work Mirai Team!

No one thought how lucky is this guy that takes direct lessons directly from him?

Wow, that's a very helpful video. Thanks a lot!

great work mate. love your approach to bonsai, to the teaching and quality of your videos. pls keep it up. greetings from UK.

Its nice to know beginners go through this anxious phase

Wow. I learned so much. Thank you for creating these beginner videos. This is how to expand The US bonsai culture.

Awesome video! Bonsai Mirai must have some talented filmmakers :-)

who's josh actually ? we love him hahaha,,.. he represents how a beginner learns, on the hobby

What a great video. Reminds me of my first bonsai experience.

Excellent. Thanks for sharing all the knowledge.

Realy good learning video's for newbie's, thanks alot man.

Nicely done love how you explain the difference between how the wire is applied Thank you for your time because you don't have to

It's useful for beginners as me.Thanks for sharing

My first tree was a total disaster, but I had so much fun destroying it.

Would be interesting to hear or see how the tree was re-wired and why!

Thank you so much for this awesome series! I can't wait for the next episode.

Awesome beginner doing and later you doing the same made this video really for us to learn alot just now bought a juniper and some wireing materials let's do this.

That turned out pretty good! Congrats! Good luck and cheers

I really liked the video! It was informative, helpful and also well made. This concept is great!

I need to get a set of wire and start playing around!

Thanks for the beginner series helped me.

Super Dope! Nice one team Ryan.

Excellent tutorial! Thank you.

This is such a great video - thank you!

I’m learning a lot. GV, Wado, Thank you.

I appreciate how you say it's your first tree and you will make mistakes. Like a badge of honor and it carries through. I do ask , is there a prime age of the tree to train it/wire it, or is it never too young? I potted two young junipers from a space being demoed and was wondering how all this works? Hence why I am here learning. Also I like the teaching progression style thus far.I know this video is 5 years old and probably wont get a response.

Man coniferous spp. give the highs and lows real fast compared to deciduous for sure. Good place to learn how to deal with bonsai's wrath out the gate. And to decide whether to step into wonderland. Nice series.

i never considered practicing on dead branches now that i know to try this first im much less nervous about getting to the step of wiring

This series are so good ... pls. carry on. Looking forward 🇩🇰🇩🇰😎

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Much appreciated.

This class was very helpful, I live in the extream north of Brazil and it's really difficult to get this kind of information, thanks.

great job !!!!!!

Good information. Nicely presented.

Fear is the exactly what I'm going through right now. Am going to do my first Bonsai wiring on Tuesday 😕

Is Mirai a garden I could visit? Im in the portland area and I'm inspired by your lessons.

Awesome

How did it go from a single strand of wire at 4:10 to double at 4:12? Nice to be told about that... 🤷🏼‍♂️

@jakebonsai2165

4 жыл бұрын

Editing

It was very useful informations

I'm absolutely loving the series one question that I can't find how long do you leave the tree wired for?

@Robert_McGarry_Poems

4 жыл бұрын

Don't leave the wire long enough for it to bite the wood. Meaning, you could end up rewiring it two or more times a year depending on how vigorous it is and what stage of development. Younger trees will have thicker growth rings, making it easier to leave too long.

nice

Yay!!!

I need to visit Mirai

It looks like the pruning step is skipped when it comes to this series, any suggestions for that?

Very cool, we are trying to share the same kind of pedagogy in France through some workshop, club and videos on KZread (ALEXIS FAIT DES BONSAÏS and NEJIKAN BONSAÏ). Good job 👍

When josh started to wire the tree it was full of branches with good growth after Ryan had worked his magic the tree had half its foliage taken off and many branches gone. If Ryan is to show how to wire correctly surely he must explain that you need to clean the tree and cut the branches off you do not want in your design then clean those branches of unwanted foliage, weak foliage and then apply the wire! Otherwise a very clear and informative video.

@TomTomTomTom538

5 жыл бұрын

He did say to reduce any two branches to one

@briankavanagh7191

5 жыл бұрын

@@BonsaiMirai Looking forward to it, at last we have a series of Bonsai videos showing the process from start to finish with stock we can all purchase from a Garden centre👍

@fingersoup

3 жыл бұрын

Check the video in the series before this one. He did just that.

From my limited experience wiring, it seems I have better control of getting the angle of my wire as I wrap the branch if I hold the wire closer to the branch an I wrap. I noticed he held the wire way out towards the end of the piece of wire. What is your opinion on this?

Outstanding series. WTH took so long for this next vid?! Lol....

I am going to attempt my first bonsai this weekend. Going to search the woods for a good hemlock tree Any advice for that type of tree? This series was very helpful thank you

@fingersoup

3 жыл бұрын

Don't work on it until it has recovered is my advice from experience.

Where can I get that same wire?

If I use a very light gauge of wire is it ok to wire young, fleshy growth? I think its possible but I don't know how much damage it will do to the young branches.

I broke the top of my JBP trying to wire it. Six months later, I'm still heartbroken.

I have an eucaliptus tree 1meter high and i want to make it a big bonsai or just learn to make it a little tree, can you please please help me?

Sorry about my ignorance, I'm super new, but why did you start with like a full grown bush/tree? I thought bonsai was miniature/dwarf trees?

@BonsaiMirai

2 жыл бұрын

You want many options for your design and picking a healthy tree with a lot of branches from a nursery is a great way to start off. Buying a pre-done bonsai is fine to do, you just have less options with where to take the tree.

I literally just order wire like a hour ago lol

Bone-sai

:)

It looks like the student morphed into looking like the teacher in this video…

Still so handsome and sexy.

11:35 the wire was too thick

Awesome