More great photos shared from the Bonsai Days Blog. This time they are from the 9th Higo Gayu-kai Exhibition. A club with some great bonsai. For more information about some of the displays shown and to see who won the public vote, visit Bonsai Days.
Some great displays, well worth sharing.
This year we have about 7 displays in Taikan-ten, the Bonsai exhibition which focuses heavily on the art of display, held annually at the Kyoto Art Museum. Although I am unable to attend this event, I was able to help put together some nice displays with the team a couple days before the start of the show. As always, being in the same room as my teacher and the Tokonoma (display alcove) was a fun day full of learning and trying to understand or even shed a little light on the deeper meaning manifested within each display. So what is the point of Bonsai display? Yes, to show off how awesome our tree’s have become, of course. However, when we think about formal displays that exhibit multiple components (scrolls, accents, etc) we need to firstly acknowledge the season. Since Taikan-ten is held at the end of Fall in Japan, most…
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After a crap night’s sleep on Thursday night listening to a pretty bad storm blattering my bedroom window I awoke and went to work. On my return home I thought I better have a check around the trees.
Not good!!
My big Scot’s Pine took a dive off the bench and travelled a good few feet before hitting the ground smashing the lovely Ian Ballie pot 😦 I also lost a few minor branches which I can live with. This is the tree that I was going to use for my workshop with Ryan Neil in January.
On the way down it took a Japanese Black Pine and a Cotoneaster with it. No broken pots but the Cotoneaster has a partially broken branch that I’ve patched up in the hope that it will recover.
I used some sealer and then a wrap around of self amalgamating tape to keep the wound from drying out.
This other Scottie in training also took a tumble. The wind must have had some serious gusts to shift this one from were it was sitting!! Only in a wash hand basin thank goodness!
Lesson learned!!
The latest video offering from Graham. Personally I wouldn’t be cleaning the trunk of a tree while a mate is using a power tool a few inches away, but I think that’s more down to who my mates are 🙂
One of the things people don’t get to see when a club runs an event is the work that goes on behind the scenes. That can be clearing the garage for the venue, collecting the extra chairs, my Mrs working hard with the catering, etc,etc. This photo shows Peter packing the van for the trip home in the middle of a very windy and rainy storm!! I do wonder why we do this sometimes!!
A few more shots from the weekend, this time it’s the workshop on the Sunday. I haven’t been able to alter the photos with photoshop to improve the indoor shots but at least these will give you a feel for the day. Some shots of a few trees in the workshop before and after. For some of the participants, this was their first workshop.
It’s been hard to post this week! Between my computer deciding that it no longer wants to talk to anything via usb, including my camera, and my hosting of a club event, I have been frustrated.
So, here I sit on my laptop, which I hate using, trying to add some photos for your viewing. Only a few snaps from the school, plenty of video recorded but I’m unable to transfer it at the moment. Here are some shots of my garage and driveway full of club folk soaking up the bonsai vibe. Peter Snart is also captured in full flow, and dear love him he struggled through two days with a nasty cough and splutter.
The last few folk finishing off at today’s club workshop with Peter Snart discussing Geraldine’s Larch. A good days work.
Live shot from my club’s Bonsai School under way right now in my garage. Peter Snart in full flow.
Paul would kill me if I didn’t post this flyer at some point. Thought I’d get it up early 🙂
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