Whether you get the PDF, the hardcover, or a library scan, focus on these three Naka-isms that define his technique.
Branches should follow a distinct ladder pattern without being perfectly symmetrical.
A tree with all the wrong branches from John Naka’s book : r/Bonsai
A PDF on a screen is just data. But a PDF open on a workbench, stained with potting soil and rain, next to a bent juniper and a spool of copper wire—that is a tool of transformation. Find the file. Print the pages. Go bend a tree.
Species-specific notes
Wiring allows artists to reposition branches to mimic the heavy, downward sweep of old age. Naka provides exhaustive diagrams on:
