I thought I'd post a couple of my latest bonsai. I usually don't show them with wire but these are going to need it for a long time yet.
The 1st was just given to me as a gift from a generous friend is a Mountain Hemlock collected from Vancouver Island BC, estimated to be 140 years old.
The rebar is to allow heavy wire to be attached to work on bending large branches for shape to make it look windswept.
The second is a Cryptomeria, a member of the cypress family. The trunk was carved with a dremel, and will have more done in the near future to nearly make it hollow.