John Graduates from Bonsai Intensive Program

John is now the 12th student to graduate from across North America. He has been working to make a Western Juniper into a bonsai. The material below had no work except that it had been repotted once.

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So, next came the bending.

Jonh  bent juniper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All this actually happened last time John came out to California. So this time the styling started.

John working on Juniper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is John and his completed project. Well, not completed, but the first complete styling is finished. Now the filling out and the refinement can start. But when you look at the first picture – and the last picture – you can see that John can do bonsai.John and the frist styling of juniper

When more than One Bonsai Pot works…

On Peter T.’s  level, you would expect that all the possible choices of pots would work. But then the question becomes, “Which one works best for the feeling you want to bring out in the bonsai?”

Though all may work, the final picture in this post is Peter’s choice.

PT cal jun 1 2009PT can jun 2 2009PT cal jun 3 2009PT cal jun 4 2008

Bonsai Winner Is Being Repotted

Here is Peter T. with is his prize winning tree (Midori Bonsai Club Show two posts down). It was hight time for repotting, because a tree well taken care of puts out lots of roots.

bonsai roots Peterpeter with bonsai

The picture below shows a good job of placing branches. When you go to bonsai shows, you can learn a lot about the skill of the artist by looking that the branch placements from below. Peter bonsai branches