This powerful and complex bonsai is the handiwork of Nacho Marin. It's a bit of a long story, but Bonsai Do* provided famous quotes in Spanish with photos of bonsai. The quote with this tree follows: El otoño es un andante melancólico y gracioso que prepara admirablemente el solemne adagio del invierno - Fall is a sad and graceful walk that admirably prepares for the solemn walk of winter. (George Sand).
Yesterday it was all Nacho. So we’ll keep the ball rolling in the same direction. This post originally appeared here in January 2015. It was titled ‘Un andante gracioso entre el Bonsai.‘
All the bonsai shown here are by Nacho Marin, as are the photos. For some reason, we haven’t featured South American bonsai artists much here on Bark (one exception being Nacho). Maybe you have some suggestions to help us remedy the situation.
*Bonsai Do’s facebook link seems to be defunct as does the link to Nacho’s original website (you can find Nacho on facebook)
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Nice tray. Great tree. Perfect planting. It looks a lot like a juniper variety, but I can't be 100% sure. BTW: There are no junipers native to the Southern Hemisphere. This is surprising considering just how many types of junipers there are.
A potless pot? Or...?
A front and a back? Or just two fronts?
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It's very helpful to be able to draw bonsai before you start styling. And though it's nice to be able to draw as well as Nacho, even primitive drawings are better than no drawings at all.
Though powerful Ficus bonsai are not that unusual, this one really jumped out during my daily facebook scroll.
Here's a brief Nacho-bio I lifted from his website: Designer of civil works Professional photographer and teacher in the Venezuelan Photographers Society, recognized by the Professional Photographers of America Plastic artist Student of master Salvatore Liporace (2009)
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The wire and tool photo above is by Morten Albek, author of
Shohin Bonsai, Majesty in Miniature
published by Stone Lantern