A corkscrew should express the movement of this tree much better than a static spiral but thats life. I guess that the Mother Nature has tested on this little tree some techniques used in mass production nurseries exporting their products to keen bonsai crowd in Europe /US. Luckiky she has decided that it is no go and thats the reason why it is quite difficult to find them here in woodlands. Height: 45 cm from the rim of the pot Pot: Tokoname ( ??? ) In training since 2012 As you can see on the winter silhuette the transition between the old part and the new one is still quite poor. Need to work on it. I guess it needs a small turn to the right. Compare the first and last pics.