Bonsai Pots Style Restricted?

BrianP03103

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tachigi

Brian, You forgot slabs and crescents and ......etc. If your trying to impress a judge who can't see outside of the box and only recognizes the Japanese disipline, your in trouble. This is your tree(s) please and express yourself through your bonsai. I point to Nick Lenz who is probably the best US talent. He sure goes outside the box on some of his creations, like root over tank. If you haven't explored his work google him up for a treat.

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Tom

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Joanie

There seem to be other shapes, but it's hard to work with triangles, or tetrahedons or something like that. The crescents seem to have the most variation, and the slabs can be pretty well any shape. There are older Chinese pots that have five sides, too.

Much variation come in the height of the pot, the length vs. the depth vs. the height, etc.

Joanie

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ElGringo

Root over tank?

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Richard


If I was a lady, would I be 'LaGringa'?

tinitrees

The rules of flight are specific only to a certain flying environment but always governed by an idea so well respected that it is law...gravity.


The rules of pot selection

i.e. femine, curvy, deciduous, glazed
or
masculine, angular, evergreen, unglazed

are specific to certain stylistic objectives but
always governed by the quest for balance and harmony.


You may be at a disadvantage with traditional judging with less than a traditional pot
but you would never be disrespected with a harmonious composition.

If you prefer to open new doors rather than pass through old ones
do a search here for pots by Morea to explore the fantastic

If it's a balanced work, it'll fly.

Candy_J_Shirey

Brian -

... you forgot spherical


Seriously, you should be as creative as you like and make your art your own. Please yourself before you please the "bonsai judges."

-Candy

tachigi

Gringo, Yep root over tank. I tried to find the image but came up empty. Heres the next best thing

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Tom

Shady Side Bonsai
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jchilario

Hi!
Here is the "root over tank" pic and link of Nick Lenz's gallery.
http://artofbonsai.org/galleries/lenz.php

nsmar4211

You'll see a lot of those shapes because so many trees work well with them. The unusual shapes have to match the tree individually, which is a lot harder to match up.

Say I have an oval pot on the shelf and a guitar shaped (example) pot on my shelf. Come repotting time, the oval pot is going to get matched up a lot quicker with a tree.....and I'll buy another oval to replace it. If this happens a lot, I'll end up with 12 trees in oval pots before one in that guitar shaped pot. The danger with the "odd" pots is that the pot will over power the tree....not as likely to happen with a traditional shape......