There are some pictures from our club workshop with Ian and Phill in acction
Sunday Walk
A few from Sundays Walk.
Any Artists Reading this?
I don’t mean bonsai artists but I know many of the bonsai community are talented sketch artists in their own right. 🙂
I have a request; I’m looking to revamp my blog logo which is now well known and associated with ‘Bonsai eejit’.
I found this image online many years ago and despite my best efforts I have never been able to track down the original artist. I was keen to get my hands on a better quality copy of this but alas, all efforts have been fruitless.
I’m now looking to create a high quality version of this keeping the same comedic feel of the one above. I am not talented enough either as an artist or with computers to do this myself, so I’m appealing to anyone out there with the skills to give it a go. Full credit will be given here for any work or new designs created.
Over to you bonsai community, anyone fancy giving it ago?
Old Fashioned Flower Show
On Saturday I had the pleasure of Judging the Bonsai classes at one of the few remaining old fashioned Flower Shows. Belfast Parks Autumn Fair has been up and down over the years but seems to be undergoing a bit of a revival this year both for the public, who were there on mass and also for bonsai. Our club had done a little bit of a push for members to exhibit this year and they responded with nearly 60 trees on display. It’s far from ideal for displaying bonsai but still serves a purpose to attract the public and recruit new members to the club. Here’s a few general shots of the show. Sorry I forgot my memory card for the camera and had to take these with the phone.
The ‘Helix Root’ Limber Pine Styling-
Until a couple of years ago, I’d never worked with Limber Pine, one of our North American white pines. It’s growing on me. Buds back well, nice short needle, strong. Has a nice name, Limber Pine, which comes more trippingly off the tongue than Loblolly Pine, for instance. And it has great deadwood features.
This Limber Pine was styled in a Seasonal Workshop a couple of weeks ago. It was collected by a student of mine, Steve Varland of Backcountry Bonsai, who was able to be in the Seasonal to help style it. Loads of fun!
Photo essay follows our journey with this tree-
Limber Pine from one side…
…and from the other side.
And a couple of shots of the base, with the ‘helix’ roots.
Other side.
We discovered that a large area of the trunk was dead. That is, not obviously dead. We might call it ‘pre-shari’…
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Parthenocissus quinquefolia display
Ginepro taiwanese-Juniperus fomosana
Munster Weekend in Photos
Here’s our exploits from the weekend in photos. A great atmosphere for bonsai, fun but hard work getting done as well.
Crossing the Boyne in the dark
Misty morn
Catching up
Ray raw Pine
Kieran’s Juniper before
Piotr’s Juniper before
Work begins
Mark starting a wiring frenzy
wee doomed heed
clean clean clean
Kieran’s Juniper after
Piotr’s Juniper after, top to be removed in stages
Ray’s larch in for advice
camera shy
there he is
Another Ray Pine for work
Marks Pine after
Mark looking board
Motley crew
another Mark Pine
Piotr’s mame juniper
Ray’s Pine after
Kieran’s pine after
garden shot
Mark’s Gingko Autumn colour
Amazing dogs
Mark’s display
guard dog
Autumn
Cilling before the end
wired out…
good craic
That it, Piotr has left the building
Capel Manor Autumn Show
Thanks Chaps
Just a quick thank you to the Munster Bonsai Club guys for a great weekend, it was special 🙂
Especial thanks to Mark and Valerie for putting us up for the weekend and to Piotr for organising everything. I’ll post more when I get a chance but for now you can just look at our ugly mugs.
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