Techniques
Wiring
The Taming of the Hornbeam
Creating that essence of age that we strive for in deciduous material is a combination of several tasks over the course of many years. In the early years it is important to impose interesting movement into trunks or sub-trunks ...
Bonsai Collecting
Collecting Trees For Bonsai – Free Trees!
Graham Potter of Kaizen Bonsai takes you on a rescue mission to a local demolition site where a lot of gnarly old plants are about to be bulldozed. Having dug thousands of trees from the ground Graham shares his techniques that...
Styles and Styling
The Principles Of Good Bonsai Design
Nature is a Masterpiece truly created by art and science… Since Bonsai is similar to other art forms, such as painting, sculpturing or the graphic arts, the same design principles used in these forms can be learned and applied ...
Videos
Bonsai Wiring Part 2-The Burning Question
Graham Potter provides the answer to one of the most common questions asked by bonsai hobbyists. Please excuse the sarcasm!
Deciduous
NIBS – Beech Bonsai for Winter Display
Three Beech Bonsai prepared for exhibition at the NIBS Winter Display 4/12/10
Pruning, Trimming, and Pinching
NIBS June 2011 Bonsai School Part 3 -Tree Structure Part 1
This video was recorded during a NIBS Bonsai School in June 2011. The focus of the clip is Peter Snart of Willowbog Bonsai explaining the structure of Deciduous Bonsai. Part 1 looks at Nebari/Roots, Trunk and Primary Branch Str...
Styles and Styling
Behind the Rules
In my intuition I find myself, In myself I find freedom; In nature I find the rule, In the rule I find the wisdom. Obviously, all the textbook conventions for bonsai are derived from fundamental concepts of artistry and aesthet...
Bonsai Collecting
SandevBonsai Yamadori series – collecting from the wild, rocky terrain II
SandevBonsai yamadori series will show you some technics for collecting trees often used for Carpinus orientalis. These technics are typical and useful for collecting in stony or rocky areas.
Bonsai Collecting
SandevBonsai Yamadori series – collecting on rocky terrain
SandevBonsai yamadori series will show you some technics for collecting trees often used for Carpinus orientalis. These technics are typical and useful for collecting in stony or rocky areas.
Galleries
Japanese Larch Branch Refinement
The video shows the procedure of branch refinement to build ramification on Larch branches by removing the overly large branch tips and replacing them with finer growth from further back on the branch.
Please watch to the end ...
