At the Bonsai school a few weeks ago I had , what I thought, was a few glasses of wine. This I enjoyed.  Then Taxi home and Ian’s lovey wife picked me up the next morning for the workshop. This all went as planned. Only I left my camera at Ian’s overnight. These are what I found on Sunday night , well these are SOME of what I found, lesson learned.

Really don’t remeber taking these, untill the next shot.

All makes sense now :))

This is my little Pyracantha in full flower.

I have had this tree about 4 years and I just love it at this time of year.

Only one week left to go before our first club meeting in Balbriggan.

If you are coming, try and bring a tree along.

A couple years ago I tried a nylon cooking board as a slab for a twin-trunk Mountain Hemlock.

Last year we had some fun here making a Vine Maple Tower, using an internal nylon board framework.

And earlier this spring we took a new spin on that idea, using this time a countertop material called Corian. Here are a few photos of a large Mountain Hemlock that I’ve yet to feature here (eventually…) being placed on a Corian slab:

Konnor (solids) and Bobby (stripes) bringing the Mountain Hemlock into the studio. It’s been on this plywood board since designing it a couple years back, and this year it was in danger of simply rotting away.

After sliding it onto the Corian board, Konnor traces the shape of the soil mass.

Bobby trying out a new idea, cutting the board at a 45% angle.

Glueing on the feet, just…