Sculpting Bonsai Tree using Paper Clay _ White cedar _ Thuja occidentalis @LifeofClay

Hi everyone! Welcome to Life of clay, this is Kenji your sculptor. In this video, I’ll be showing you how I build this White Cedar Bonsai tree (Thuja occidentallis) using paper clay. This is the second Bonsai Tree I made in my channel, the first one was made years ago and it is a Pine Tree Bonsai • Sculpting Pine Tree Bo... .
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Facts about White-Cedar Tree:
• Bonsai 盆栽 literally translated, means “Tray Planting” is the Japanese and East Asian art of growing and training miniature trees in containers.
• Developed from the traditional Chinese art form of penjing (盆景). Penjing and bonsai differ in that the former attempts to display "wilder," more naturalistic scenes, often representing landscapes, including elements such as water, rocks, or figurines; on the other hand, bonsai typically focuses on a single tree or a group of trees of the same species, with a higher level of aesthetic refinement.
• Thuja occidentalis, also known as northern white-cedar, eastern white-cedar, or arborvitae, is an evergreen coniferous tree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which is native to eastern Canada and much of the north-central and northeastern United States. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant.
• Arborvitae is Latin for 'tree of life' - due to the supposed medicinal properties of the sap, bark, and twigs.
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Materials:
• Ply board cut outs
• Wood baton (drilled with holes)
• Wood screws
• Galvanized wire (16 and 32)
• Aluminium foil
• Wood glue
• Paper clay (made out of recycled paper, pva glue and terracotta air dry clay)
• Cotton twine
• Cotton cloth
• Constructing cement
• Modellig powder grass
• Dried lichen reindeer moss
Acrylic Paints (All are Folkart Brands)
 Beige paint (mix of Titanium white, yellow ochre and burnt sienna)
 Burnt umber
 Burnt sienna
 Sap green
 Black
 Titanium white
 Yellow ochre
 Neutral green (mix of Sap green, Titanium white and little amount of Burnt umber)
 Light yellow green (mix of Titanium white, Bus yellow and Sap green)
Varnish (Decoart)
 Ultra Matte Water base Polyurethane Varnish
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[@cerisekappes580]

The intricate details and beautiful textures…. Gorgeous sculpture!!! 😊

[@LifeofClay]

That means a lot, dear. Thank you so much😊🙏💚

[@cerisekappes580]

@@LifeofClay you are very welcome 🤗

[@backtraxxremix8226]

Wow! It really looks like a natural Bonsai 😍😍😍

[@LifeofClay]

Thank you so much, dear friend😊🙏

[@bluedragonette]

This is really amazing Kenji! I love it💜

[@LifeofClay]

Thank you so much, dear friend😊🙏

[@MatthiasMSculpting]

Really cool!

[@LifeofClay]

Thank you so much, buddy😊

[@zazzenfuk]

Amazing!

[@LifeofClay]

Thanks a lot my dear friend😊

[@Sargent.Dirtcatt]

'cause i love your bozai and ive been loving your work for quite some time now. I knew you had the potential.

[@LifeofClay]

Thank you so much, my friend. I really appreciate the kind compliments and liking my works made me so much grateful.

[@likelime.]

I'm new to crafting stuff, randomly came across your channel and this is an absolute work out art.
Not sure if air dry clay and paper mache is a common thing but it works absolutely beautifully for creating bark textures.

[@LifeofClay]

Thank you so much, dear friend. I'm glad you bumped into this channel of mine. And I really appreciate it. Regarding the air dry clay and paper maché they are completely different type of clay. The one I used in this project is the one they called Paper clay and I think it's slightly differ from paper maché.😊

[@gabrielsingh513]

I L ove it

[@LifeofClay]

Thanks a lot. Gabriel😊

[@user-wb5wj2zv6u]

Wow!❤

[@LifeofClay]

thank you😊

[@rhov233]

The bark and tree shape looks amazing. I love how you use recycled materials. I've thought about doing these for some time, but I still havent found a tutorial for making realistic looking leaves. They always end up plastic looking which is a shame. Maybe a challenge for a new project? Thank you for a great video!

[@LifeofClay]

thank you so much, dear friend. I really appreciate the compliments.😊 I'm actually planning and looking ways on how to make realistic pine needles and cypress spurs. Please, wish me luck in the future.

[@tranceghost]

Where do you get the artificial foliage/leaves?

[@LifeofClay]

Bought in from aliexpress and also on shopee.

[@lindawillis1094]

What is constructing cement

[@LifeofClay]

The one that masonry used in building concrete e.g. house, road, etc

[@Sargent.Dirtcatt]

Hey Kenji, can you do a pseudoscorpion?

[@LifeofClay]

sure my friend, I will make one in one of our future episodes. I'll put it in my list.

[@Sargent.Dirtcatt]

Thank you Kenji!

[@lindawillis1094]

Where did you buy the leaves for the tree

[@LifeofClay]

Bought them online from aliexpress and on shopee.

[@lindawillis1094]

Do you have the name of the leaves I would like to go on aliexpress and buy some