A few of my accents from this week. Many have still to fill out but showing the promise of what’s to come.
Allium
Bluebell
Mukdemia Rossi Walsall Ceramic Pot
Rustyback Fern and sedum – Magic Ceramic Kusamono Tile
Orchid Magic Ceramic Pot – can anyone ID it?
Saxifrage sp. Magic Ceramic Pot
Saxifrage Sp. Magic Ceramic Pot
Crassula Socialis Magic Ceramic Pot
Sea thrift gifted to me by Rusted Root Bonsai
Rabbits Foot fern in a Magic Ceramic pot.
Four of my wee ones.
I started the Sorbus Reducta in 1994.
The Elm has been with me for 5 years but is probably 20 years old in bonsai years. Now in a fantastic Magic Ceramic pot, a great match for the tree I think.
New to me this year, a little horse Chestnut gifted to me by my friend Maciej.
Finally my Juniper growing well since it’s repot this Spring.
After reblogging so many other posts from this blog, it’s only right I do my bit and reblog this 🙂 Have a great weekend.
On Saturday and Sunday, May 21-22, 2016 the Bonsai Society of Upstate New York will be hosting their 43rd annual exhibition at the Monroe Community Hospital in Rochester, New York. Members from western New York as well as Pennsylvania will be displaying some of their finest bonsai. Each member is encouraged to display so bonsai in all stages of development will be on display. Approximately 100 bonsai will be on display.
For the first time this year the Upstate New York Suiseki Study Group will be having a special display to introduce the public to viewing stones. Antique stones as well as those collected during the past 50 years will be shown.
As in the past Ikebana International will have a display of their lovely flower arrangements. Many different schools will be displayed so the subtle differences can be enjoyed.
On Saturday at 2pm award winning bonsai artist Mark Arpag…
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Here’s a few general shots I have snapped in the garden over the last week showing my display area and the training benches along with accents. All change next year with my lawn going hopefully. This will allow my display to be moved into the best area of the garden for natural light.
My walk on Sunday took me up to Scrabo Tower that overlooks my home town of Ards on one side and looks towards my birth City of Belfast on the other side. A great time to visit with the Bluebells in full bloom. I was joined on my walk as always by my friend Stephen aka the Bonsai Baker, and my son Daniel. Oh, and of course, Smudge, Maggie, and Stephen’s dog Rufus.
A Raven decided to sit and watch us for a while before it flew away.
Check out Maciej’s latest pots. Getting better with every batch, well done mate.
Just uploading photos from last firing of accent pots.
Happy watching:-)
Best regards,
Maciej.
Just few photos of my favorite accent pots from last firing.
Happy watching:-)
Best regards,
Maciej.
Few photos of kiln opening ,some pieces are still hot but I am happy so far with this batch as all of the pots survive the firing without cracking or warping and the glazes look good too. I am especially happy with the big blue oval pot which is 56 cm x 42 cm x 10 cm. when all of the pieces are finally out I will post more photos.
Best regards,
Maciej.
No not sold, just a change of pot for it to live in. I have enjoyed immensely the journey in taking this tree from from my garden to Bonsai Europa last year. However I was never happy with the pot for any Winter image display. The pot is too large and lacks colour to lift a Winter image display. I have been looking around for a new pot for the tree for a while and this Spring I found what I was looking for from David Benavente.
This was the tree in Bonsai Europa last October.
The tree had been allowed to keep a larger amount of finer branching for the show to show more ramification and also try and get a better balance with the pot size. This resulted in a slightly unkempt image but one I liked. Very hard to prep an Escallonia for exhibition at this time of year.
Back to the present and I wanted to reduce the foliage mass to suit a smaller pot and help reset branches on this species. This needs to be done every few years to prevent inner branch die back anyway. It would also make for a more powerful image with a heavier trunk to branch balance. This is the tree after reduction. You can see how big the original Walsall pot looks now.
And this is the new pot, a pot from Tokaname made by Watanabe Kazuhiro (Ikkou). I feel in love with this one on sight. The glaze with green with an underlying blue, turning blue at the base in drips was just stunning.
Getting the tree ready, time for a proper repot. This tree has always been robust and after a chop back I was confident that a full repot could be carried out.
A watering in.
And potted up in it’s new home.
Top dressed with a moss mix. It will take a few months to fill in again but it will make all the difference to the final image.
Photos don’t do this pot justice. The colours and age of the pot are just perfect. The tree was repotted about 4 weeks ago and the tree is budding up nicely with plenty of adventurous back budding to boot. It next outing, all being well with be our clubs Bonsai 30 event this September.
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