Kingsville box in crescent pot

mike_p

I went to the Bay Area Bonsai Associates (BABA) exhibit in Oakland yesterday. On the sale table I found this Jim Gremel crescent pot. I had been looking for something different for this sort of bunjin Kingsville, and this pot appealed to me. End to end it measures 15 inches.

Mike

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This reminds me alot of the sort of plantings I am seeing in the Japanese magazines. I think of these as "Lifestyle" ideas. In many of the Japanese magazines about bonsai and Ikebana, there are these abstract "bonsai" around the home. On the counter in the kitchen, on a table in the hallway, on a shelf in a bathroom.

They border on kitsch, bonsai, and Ikebana all rolled into one. I think alot of that has to do with the form of the tree planted on the crecent. The tall shape of the plant along with the extended horizontal curve of the crecent adds tension.

This may be a plus or a negative. The plus side means you have hit abstract bonsai/Ikebana very well. The negative side says that as bonsai, it misses the mark as literati, or formal upright multi trunked. I think if going for the latter, I would try a slab and get away from the wide horizontal crescent. It would make a killer accent tray with about three to five killer plants.

One man's opinion. Cheers, Al

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That looks like an African plains tree or maybe something you'd see in the Australian outback. I don't see it in the pot in that context, but maybe I am lacking the imagery.

I like the tree, and the pot, but the combo isn't working for me.

Regards,

Matt

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