Posts Tagged ‘Progression’
The Beautiful Face of Ugly, styling a Pinus sylvestris
amusing how sometimes what in nature would be considered bizarre and grotesque, to us in bonsai, is something beautiful that gives our plants a special charm. In 2006 I had the opportunity to purchase this very interesting arak...
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 ...
A Starter Azalea Bonsai…..Ten Years In The Making
This tale starts 10 years ago. I was doing a bonsai demo at a local county park office and when I was all done one viewer stayed to talk a while. It was his first viewing of anything bonsai related other than “Karate Kid&...
Working on a San Jose Juniper that was Originally Styled by John Naka
This is a long story with quite a few pictures so please bear with me… Cheryl Manning was a headliner speaker during the 2002 ABS seminar in Milwaukee . During the convention she restyled a San Jose Juniper that she had s...
Juniper Chinese –Intensive Procedure
Chinese Junipers are one of my favorite species for bonsai. I always remember when I was young my father told me, “the character of juniper,” He say: ” Juniper is survive in the highest mountain in Taiwan—...
Transformation in Bonsai
The following article is an excerpt from Robert Steven’s new book, “Mission of Transformation.” We are very proud to offer our readers a glimpse into this wonderful follow up to Robert’s first book, R...
Meyer Juniper (Juniperus squamata ‘Meyerii’) – David Fairbanks
The following progression article was a Non-Professional – Raw Stock entry in the “2007 Knowledge of Bonsai Progressive Styling Contest” and was entered by David Fairbanks of the United Kingdom. This entry rec...
Shimpaku Juniper (Juniperus chinesis sargentii) – John Geanangel
The following progression article was a Non-Professional – Pre-Bonsai entry in the “2007 Knowledge of Bonsai Progressive Styling Contest” and was entered by John Geanangel of the USA. This entry received a sco...
White buttonwood (Avicennia germinans) – Enrique Castaño
The following progression article was a Professional – Collected Stock entry in the “2007 Knowledge of Bonsai Progressive Styling Contest” and was entered by Enrique Castaño of Mexico. This entry received a s...
Juniperus Sabina: The Secrets of the Optical Distraction
One of the factors that has always fascinated me, and on which I spend a great part of my continuous study in the art of bonsai is the concept of Optical Distraction. Master Kimura touched on this in his third book, but it is n...
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