Artistic
Critique: Gede Merta’s Pemphis acidula
Name of the Tree: Pemphis acidula Bonsai Titles : casper Tree Height: 43 cm (17 inches) Pot Height: 14.5 cm (6 inches) Pot Length: 43 cm (17 inches) Pot made in Bali It is a delight to comment on such a beautiful and well...
Critique: Nick Lenz’s Root-Over-Rock Apple
Description Composition by Nick Lenz Species: Malus sp. Style: Root-over-Rock Height of tree from soil line to apex: 22 inches (55.88 cm) Trunk diameter at top of stone: 3.25 inches (8.25 cm) Canopy length: 46 inches (116.84 cm...
Art of the Mud Man
“A brief discussion of collectable mud figures in relation to historical Chinese Pen’Jing & modern Bonsai.” Mud figure, mud man, san kai, whatever one chooses to call them, one fact will always remains the s...
Bonsai-Penjing: Associated Art History of Mud figure or ‘Ni-Ren’ Accent Figures.
The ancient art of earthenware figures is always linked to that of pottery. At first, the figures of gods and animals were used to decorate the roofs of temples and palaces. They were also used as funerary objects, which later ...
Critique on Michael Hagedorn’ tree – Engelmann Spruce
Despite of the fact that this bonsai is pictured without pot, but it is just too good for a critique; however, I try to figure out some aspects which can be improved. As I mark on the below picture (I also put it in a pot, roun...
