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Use the major search engines and type "shohin bonsai". That should get you quite a few web sites to look at. The clump style seems to show up in shohin tree a lot more often, then in their larger cousins. I think alot has to do with the image of a tree. It is a little easier to pull off a convincing clump style in shohin then a 30 or 40" clump bonsai. The larger they get, the less ordered they become.

Most examples of larger clump styles still have very definate trunks. The wood is fairly large and seems to dictate how the finished product looks. A 30" tall tree with a dozen pencil size trunks is not going to convey a very powerful image.

Move those pencil size trunks down to a pot 5" across and 1" deep, and the power factor moves up expotentialy.

Bonsai-al

14-Mar-2003	#2
bonsaial1 Greybeard Join Date: Aug-2001 Location: Fresno, CA Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 13SH Posts: 5,108	Use the major search engines and type "shohin bonsai". That should get you quite a few web sites to look at. The clump style seems to show up in shohin tree a lot more often, then in their larger cousins. I think alot has to do with the image of a tree. It is a little easier to pull off a convincing clump style in shohin then a 30 or 40" clump bonsai. The larger they get, the less ordered they become. Most examples of larger clump styles still have very definate trunks. The wood is fairly large and seems to dictate how the finished product looks. A 30" tall tree with a dozen pencil size trunks is not going to convey a very powerful image. Move those pencil size trunks down to a pot 5" across and 1" deep, and the power factor moves up expotentialy. Bonsai-al __________________ It's about time that the proper respect be given to the fine art of balloon animals...