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Cookie Cutter?

Cookie cutter Japanese bonsai

I often hear the term ‘Cookie cutter’ thrown around from time to time when people are talking about Japanese bonsai. For those not familiar with the term, I believe it relates to people suggesting that certain bonsai seem t...
by Joe Morgan-Payler
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Harkaway larch in my pot at midatlantic 2011

Making A Large Wheel-Thrown Custom Bonsai Pot

I thought I would do a progressive photo article on making a LARGE round pot. A few years ago I received a commission for a round pot that would be the biggest I had thrown on a wheel up to that point. The customer gave me the ...
by Dale Cochoy
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Deadwood Dick carves deadwood in Deadwood By Andrew Smith

Deadwood Dick carves deadwood in Deadwood

Actually, he doesn’t. Deadwood Dick I mean. He’s dead, so he hasn’t carved much of anything lately. But he was a real historical Old West personage of Deadwood and he may have, or likely did, carve deadwood in Deadwood ba...
by Andrew Smith
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Selling Trees For Fun & Money

I know people like to say that “money doesn’t grow on trees,” but people like to say all sorts of things and you can’t believe most of it. Even so, last time I raked the yard I filled a garbage bag with pine needles, no...
by Andrew Smith
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Bonsai as a Western Art

Are we denying our own cultural heritage in our persuance of Japanese style? IT DOESN’T REALLY matter whether our individual fascination with bonsai began via gardening, art or a general interest in things oriental, we al...
by Colin Lewis
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