Premna serratifolia by Robert Steven. Aside from the immediate impact of the old wood with all the trunks popping up everywhere, there's the counter-balance provided by the sturdy little trunk on the far left. There's also that teetering trunk at the right hand tip of the planting that looks like its floating in space.
Getting ready to embark on the long flight from SF to Boston followed by the three plus hour drive to Vermont, so no time to put together a new post for you. However I did find one from our archives (April 2013) that I think you’ll like.
The beat goes on. If you take the time to go back through our 2,000 plus previous posts, you’ll find that Robert Steven appears more than any other bonsai artist. Beyond that, Robert is a business partner of sorts; we are the North American distributors of his Bonsai Aesthetics tools and wire.
Continued below…. and speaking of Bonsai Aesthetics…
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I like the relaxed way this raft is laid out on a mossy knoll. Reminds me of something I've stumbled upon hiking in the mountains somewhere. This and the other two photos shown here from Robert's facebook posts.
Continued from above….
These reoccurring Robert Steven posts are not an accident. Not only does Robert provide us with a steady stream of highly instructive critiques (send me a photo at wayne@stonelantern.com and he’ll do one for you), but even without those we’d still feature Robert as we consider him to be one of the most energetic and innovative bonsai artists in the world.
Plantings where old wood becomes a stand-in for rocky outcroppings and cliffs are one of Robert Steven’s specialties. I don’t know who originally pioneered this type of raft planting, but I do know that Robert has elevated the art.
This highly unusual raft style planting, with its gnarled twisty protuberance and corresponding pot, is still fresh and needs some time to fill in. It's from the same facebook posting as the images above.
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