Styling bonsai using wire is a fairly modern technique that was developed in Japan at some point during the 1800s. As with most bonsai techniques, the basic principle is fairly simple but the execution can at times be quite challenging.
The basic concept is that a grower will wrap wire around a branch, or many branches, of a tree. The branch is then bent into a new position. The wire holds the branch in the new position for a few months until the branch
