Wiring Direction Techniques

Before You Pick Up the Wire

Wiring does not begin when you pick up the wire. It begins with a decision in your mind: 'Which direction do I want this to go?'

Left or right. Draw it in, or open it out. The intention comes first — only then does the wrapping direction follow. You cannot move your hands without having settled on a form. Imagination leads, action follows — the starting point of Wiring is always the act of envisioning the tree's future.

Listen to the Branch, Then Choose the Wire

Wire comes in sizes. From 1.2mm to 4.5mm, a range of thicknesses lines up before you. Heavy wire for heavy branches, fine wire for fine branches — obvious enough when said aloud, yet in practice you find yourself checking each branch one by one before deciding. Applying the same thickness throughout creates sections where the wire does nothing, and sections where it causes damage.

The basic approach is to run a single wire across two branches of similar thickness. Not simply for efficiency — rather, having a fixed point allows the wire to work evenly on both branches. Which two to pair together is itself already an act of observation and judgment.

'Starting from the top is the rule,' they say. Entering from above lets the branches spread naturally to either side, and the hands move with ease. But it is not an absolute. Read the branch angle, its Runner Branch, the space around it — if you judge that coming from below is better, that too is a sound choice. It is not a matter of being 'permitted' an exception; you do it because the branch is asking for it.

Knowing the rule is also knowing when to leave it behind.

Until the Wire Becomes Memory

Once wrapped, the branch changes quietly. Months later, when you remove the wire, the branch has already made that angle its own. A shape that was imposed gradually becomes the tree's will.

The direction you set today becomes the tree's memory. Whether you can wait for that change to unfold — perhaps that, too, is part of Wiring.