Bonsai from beads. Ancient art in a new incarnation

Very long time ago, in the 3rd century BC, an amazing art appeared in China, related to the creation of living miniatures - tiny dwarf trees, the crown and appearance of which fully corresponds to their real large brethren. Growing small birches, fir-trees, maples, pines and other trees in pots to decorate an apartment or a miniature garden had a great philosophical meaning. Trees at all times and ages were endowed with miraculous power, extraordinary energy, which they were drinking from the outside world for many years of their life. A miniature tree, according to its creator, is endowed with equally powerful energy, special spiritual knowledge that it gives to its creator and people living side by side, giving them wisdom and intuition. Bonsai, having a deep connection with a great nature, becomes an intermediary between her and man.

Growing a real bonsai for a very long time. This process is complex and painstaking. A bonsai tree is inherited from generation to generation, and each new owner continues the process of its formation and takes care of it.

Grow bonsai hard. This requires special knowledge and many years of hard work. But it can be weaved from beads. In any case, the remarkable decorative qualities of this amazing creation
Human hands can be made of small, shiny pieces of glass. This
A work of art will become a bright decoration of the interior. To create a bonsai from beads a lot of time is not required, however, it is also a painstaking work, requiring accuracy, attention and creative inspiration. Bonsai from beads can be any in size, shape, color, etc. It can be a traditional pine, willow or birch, as well as fuchsia or sakura covered with large flowers .

Flowering bonsai of beads

To create a bonsai of beads with your own hands you will need beads of three colors: pink or orange, yellow and green. Green is better to take the largest in size. Still need a thin wire for stringing beads and thick - for the formation of branches and trunk. In addition, a flat ceramic pot, where we plant a tree, gypsum, PVA glue, paint brush and paint.

1. Take the long end of a thin wire, put on it 10 yellow beads and twist them into a ringlet (the middle of the flower). Then, next to this ringlet, make the next three of 5 pink or orange beads, three rings of 9 and four rings of 14 beads of the same color. It turned out a long strip of rings of different heights. We twist it around the yellow center. It was a flower.

2. From the green bead strung on wire, we make in the same way five rings of 5 beads. We twist the resulting strip into a ring, in the middle of which we pass a woven flower. It turned out a flower in the frame of green leaves. Such flowers should be made about 60.

3. Now we connect the flowers in twigs. For this we twist together seven, nine and twelve flowers. Before us are twigs with different number of colors, of different sizes.

4. Now let's work on the formation of the trunk. This process is rather complicated. It is better to take a picture depicting bonsai, and try to form a thick wire from the trunk, as in the picture. It should be squat, broken, with uneven outgrowths, consisting, at least, of three large branches. On the branches of the trunk, twist the branches with flowers, placing them with bushes.

5. After joining all the flowering branches and the complete formation of the tree trunk, we place it in a pot and fix it there with a plaster mix. After strengthening in a pot, with a mixture of gypsum and PVA glue, cover the entire trunk, forming an uneven, bumpy bark. After the mixture has dried, the trunk and the branch are colored with a brown paint of two or three shades. At the base of the tree, you can lay out moss and pebbles for greater realism.

Bonsai of beads, bright and very decorative, will attract attention to itself. And its traditional form, created in imitation of amazing ancient art, will recall the deep philosophical meaning contained in it.