Andy Rutledge: For Beginners: Trunk Chopping 101 For Deciduous Trees  Updated 04-04-2020 Note: Andy Rutledges site is no longer working. I have retrieved the article and saved it into a pdf file for artists to use. The article will now reside on this website.

Amur maple acer tataricum var. ginnala) Flame

Bonsai Empire: Taiga Urushibata Bonsai demo at the WBC    Note: Notice the use of a chainsaw to chop the deadwood back.

Bonsai Empire: Working the Trunk  New 12-14-2019

Bonsai Focus (Peter Warren): Cutting branches without fear

Bonsai Iligan: Bonsai Tutorials for Beginners: Why and How to Trunk Chop a Ficus 

California Bonsai Art: Maple Trunk Chopping  New 12-14-2019

Craig Coussins: Styling Mature Maples using cut down material

Ellwood Bonsai: A trip to the nursery for bonsai material part 1, part 2, part 3 Balled and Burlap Trident Maple

John Geanangel: Azalea Spring 2011

John Geanangel: Azalea Update    Neat 3 year transition from being chopped.

John Geanangel: Creating small azalea bonsai from nursery material