Germany vs. Italy tonight

Congratulations to the Italian team and to my Italian bonsai friends. 

 

Olive #1

Olive, Olea europe, collected in Mallorca, Spain in 1998. Styled by Angel Mota in 2001. He cut the top jin that looked very good but was going into the wrong direction. Then he just turned it around and fixed it with a short steel bar. But it showed. I got the tree in 2006 (first two images). Then I fixed the void. But it did not keep on forever. This spring it looked ugly agaan. See how I fixed it.

 This is not the naturalistic style, it does not look like a tree, this is not the classical style, it does not look like a bonsai, this is the sculptural style. It is a sculpture that has no desire to look either like a tree or a bonsai.


 My feeling is that way too man lives are styled to like like a plastic juniper that wants to look like the ideal pine bonsai. Somehow like an old man on stage acting to look like an old woman that is plying an old man -  but a poor actor.

Olive #2

Wild olive, Olea europea, collected in Mallorca, Spain, last image as of 2008.

Mugo pine #12

Mugo pine, Pinus mugo, collected in Switzerland in 1981

Mugo pine #34

Mugo pine, Pinus mugo, collected in Austria in 1993, last image as of 1997 .

Spruce #57

European spruce, Picea abies, collected in Switzerland, last image as of 2004.

Prunus #9

Wild cherry, Prunus mahaleb, collected in France, pot by John Pitt, last image as of 2010.

 

Oriental hornbeam #22

Oriental hornbeam, Carpinus orientalis, second image as of spring 2010. It is hard to believe that this was possible in only two years. Next spring the tree will go into the final pot.

 

50th high school graduation anniversary

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Oriental hornbeam #1

Oriental hornbeam, Carpinus orientalis, collected in Croatia. Second image as of 2007.

French maple #1

French maple, Acer monspessulanum, collected in Italy.

Prunus #15

Wild cherry, Prunus mahaleb, collected in Italy.

birch available

Eruopean birch, Betula verrucosa, collected, old, 80 cm, pot by Petra Tomlinson.


 Available for sale or trade.

Ponderosa #1

Ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa, collected in Wyoming. Just in time for the Denver show. Too bad I cannot show it there.