Chinese Elm bonsai, training date unknown

Chinese Elm bonsai, training date unknown
Gift of Stanley Chinn in 2002
To view this tree is to feel the power of the wind. Why is that? The branches appear to grow in one direction as if forced by a strong wind. The bonsai artist creates this illusion by bending the branches into position with the support of aluminum wires. This creates the distinctive windswept style.
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