New pot from Sara Rayner - bonsaiTALK Community

9-Jan-2007

mike_p

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New pot from Sara Rayner

I ordered this custom made pot from Sara a few months ago. It arrived yesterday, and will be used next month for my Sumo Silverberry. Outside dimensions are 18" x 8".
I wanted a round pot with no feet, because the silverberry has several "fronts". I wanted a strong pot that I could use at any viewing angle I choose.
The link is to Sara's online catalog. 13r is the pot mine is based on.
http://www.redwing.net/~daalms/round.html

Mike

Added later: image on right is a vrtual of how I hope it will look after repotting.

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Last edited by mike_p : 9-Jan-2007 at 04:54 PM.

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9-Jan-2007	#2
Bonsaifreak bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman Join Date: Jun-2005 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 952	Nice choice and a good match Mike! Jorge __________________ "Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more." Mark Twain

9-Jan-2007	#3
BunjinEnt Learning = Growth Join Date: May-2006 Location: King Geo. VA Country: USA USDA Zone: 7 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 795	Ditto. The pot brings better flow to the tree. It is more subdued, almost a diffuse mirror image to the foliage. Very nice. -Wm

9-Jan-2007

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BunjinEnt

almost a diffuse mirror image to the foliage.

Very nice.

-Wm

That was my first impression,
it somehow echoes the foliage.

It looks really great, Mike. So much better than the old one!

11-Jan-2007	#5
CScott bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Feb-2005 Location: Shasta County, California Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 9 Posts: 382	Beautiful pot. The only thing that bothers me, and it may be the photo, but the pot has a sheen to it that detracts from the tree. The tree has somewhat dull undersides to the leaves and the trunk has a fine bark, and I think a matte finish to a pot might be less overwhelming. Of course photos can be notoriously deceiving.

11-Jan-2007	#6
zen GREEN HORN Join Date: Jan-2005 Location: Danielsville GA (Near Athens) Country: U.S. USDA Zone: 7b AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 1,690	Great choice, the way the rim leads outward to encompase the shape of the canopy, sweet. __________________ "Although profoundly "inconsequential," the Zen experience has consequences in the sense that it may be applied in any direction, to any conceivable human activity, and that wherever it is so applied it lends an unmistakable quality to the work." ~ Alan Watts (1915-1973) http://www.bonsaiswap.com/

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