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Bonsai nare-do-well
Join Date: Jan-2003
Location: Summerville SC
Country: USA
Posts: 4,653
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A goodly number of formal uprights are the product of a "trunk chop" This is a term that is used often on this forum. Why not do it that way.
But then most of the talking that I hear is about using that chop to get rid of a straight part on a trunk.
Most of the formal uprights I have done are the result of an air-layer. (usually the apex of a tree)
Yes it will still take time (and a bit of luck) to do a good one. But then that is true of all the other styles as well.
Maybe it is just a style that has lost its favored spot in the bonsai heart.
Most of mine have been sold over the years. A few went when hurricane Hugo came through here a few years ago. Today there are none in my collection but that is something that I might just try to remedy
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