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It's really funny, Will has been gone from this site for a couple of months and he is still the subject of an occasional post on this site. This contest was arranged by Will in conjunction with AoB, though everybody is welcome to participate.
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I was wondering why this had to even be mentioned. Is the forum supposed to wowwed that Will had something to do with this contest? Oh and
thanks for adding the "everyone is welcome to participate". I feel much better with that added. Is top hat and tails the appropriate dress while editing a paragraph?
I want to be sure and dress like an elitist.
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The concept of isolating the "art" component of Bonsai from the horticultural aspects can be very useful in helping folks to elucidate the underlying concepts of trees design. However, in the end, bonsai is a tree in a tray/pot. Some of us perhaps focus too much on horticulture, and not enough on the art. Will has certainly (along with Andy Rutledge and others) stressed that aspect of bonsai.
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There were plenty of people pushing art in bonsai years before Will came here. In fact a trip down memory lane will reveal that some of Will's first posts had to do with the price of pots being too expensive. This as recently as the fig he planted in the Tokonome pot it may still reside in. Less than two years ago. Placing Will with Andy Rutledge is the same sentance is a stretch.
Someone has to show me his art before he can talk about art.
While I can appreciate and do occasionaly talk about artictic concepts in bonsai, they can never be actually seperated from the horticultural aspect of the craft. Trying to convey artistic concepts on any tree while not taking horticultural aspects into account is like trying to improve a tree in the "tree of the Day". What may look good on paper does not always work with our trees.
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There is only so many ways of wiring, bending, and pruning a branch. After seing it once, the same technique is applied over and over again on different trees. Same with rootpruning. Reading about it once every two years is enough for me.
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I was very surprised to read this. While there are many here that probably feel this same way, there is much more to it than that. Spend a day with Kenji Miyata repotting a dozen mixed trees. He will show you dozen ways to repot them. Spend another day pinching and pruning a dozen mixed trees and he will show you two dozen ways to do your task. If any one is caught into a rut that repotting bonsai is pull-cut-replant, pull-cut-replant, find another magazine to read cause you have been lulled into a false sense of security. Whats good on one tree this year will not be the same on that same tree next year. I am sure John at Vonsgarden learned many things from Marco during his week with him. Probably many things he had not even thought about.
Pick up six issues of Bonsai Europe and compare those with the same issues of Bonsai Today. The difference will blow your mind. In fact I don't remember bonsai Europe running a subscription add in Bonsai Today, but I did notice that Bonsai Today is running a full page subscription add in the last issue of Bonsai Europe. Sounds like a conflict of interest to me and was surprised that the add ran. If I wanted to boost readership I guess thats where I would place my advertising dollars. In the competitions magazine!
hmmmm, I wonder if Lowe's would think of running an add in the middle of a Home Depot add
Regards, Al