Some smallish JBPs in progress

Mcspeed

Looking forward to the pix and info John, I have a couple I am working on now. So far so good, but the JBP's are one that makes me keep going back and reading on, the rest I just have a go at, but so far the techniques are working.

You are correct too, these are good examples if for no other reason than needle length, they have a lot going for them, and are in good hands from what I see.

Bill

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Vonsgardens

Hi,
Well it is winter and almost time for the annual Bay Island Bonsai Show in Hayward, Caifornia. BIB is the club that Boon M. is associated with. I have been doing the Bonsai Intensives with Boon for a couple of years now, and in the process have joined BIB. I will show a tree this year, a shohin Japanese black pine that was repotted this past weekend (while I was out in Alameda, not, sorry to say, Hayward). The tree was taken out of a dark clay chinese rectangle with rounded corners. The pot it is in now is an older Japanese unglazedand signed pot. The tree is about 20cm (8") tall, I was a little off square when I took the picture so the dramatic bend in the trunk is mostly lost. The branches will receive their final placement and over-long needles will be trimmed during show set up.

The second tree is an older, much larger, Japanese Black Pine that I was recently given the opportunity to acquire. It has been shown at the BIB and entered into the WBC Photo contest (2000). The tree is currently not wired, I will wire it this summer in preparation to be shown in 2009 or 2010. It too was repotted into this very fine show pot from Japan and was needle plucked and had its bud numbers reduced.The tree will be about 18-20" tall when wired.

Enjoy,
John

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mchavez1

WoW those are some nice trees!

bonsaikc

Hi, John, beautiful stuff! What a shame that the one you bought will never truly be yours to take artistic credit for!

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bonsaial1

Wow!

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Vonsgardens

Chris,
You evil dog you. To be honest I wasn't there at the beginning for the Shohin either, or for that matter any of the trees in this thread. Unlike the "I will only show trees that I started from seed or a cutting or a non-bonsai nursery plant or one collected from the top of a mountain, and never touched by another soul" crowd, I prefer the Japanese model. You display the tree for folks to enjoy and you take satisfaction in knowing that you have done your best to present the tree in the best possible fashion. If you are honest, if asked you explain what you know of the origins of the tree and who has worked on it to get it to the point it currently is at.

Some folks don't believe in this, that is OK. They can choose to participate in other shows that have different rules. I still haven't found out why folks get in so much of an uproar about this, we have all seen shows that have less highly developed trees in them- that is Ok and if done to encourage young/new members to participate in the show process is just fine. I would hope that most clubs would have an attitude of inclusion rather than exclusion.

If a big cash prize is associated with a show, then the organizers; should be very careful to define what it is that they expect to see in the trees on display.

Thanks for pulling my chain Chris. Are you getting to go to Hayward this time?

A fellow SOB,
John

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tree bender

John good thing your not the son of a master and have had all your trees passed down through the family over the years. You couldn't take credit for those either.

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Vonsgardens

Well Bender,
I appreciate your thoughts completely- what a shame that would have been. We have been down this path under Opinion a while back, I will avoid it now to keep the conversation on the trees. I'll gladly take multigenerational trees and work to get them looking their best for display- it was what they deserve. If others don't appreciate that, well too bad for them.

John

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urayza

Nice tree's Im just starting myself and only just found this site. Im glad to be a member and looking forward to seeing more like these.