Calendar of bonsai events

A Good Year for Bonsai Events

I like the flowing deadwood and the strong cinnamon vein on this powerful old tree. It’s from the 2013 Noelanders Trophy poster. The 2014 Noelanders Trophy poster is just below. While the year is still fresh, it seems like a good time to talk about some major bonsai events for 2014. Note the word some, no attempt will be made to list everything. Just a few to get started, with more to come later. Chronologically works best, so here goes…   January 18-19. Fifteen straight years gives the Noelanders Trophy some real cachet. Great cast of characters too.   February … Continue reading A Good Year for Bonsai Events

Upcoming Bonsai Events & Big Summer Book Sale Ends Soon

An example of Francois Jeker’s styling and deadwood carving. Francois is a headliner at the Eda Uchi Kai Bonsai-Ten 2013 (see below). He is also the author of Bonsai Aesthetics one and two. FREE ADVERTISING! Would you like to see your bonsai event featured here? If so, just send me a notice with a link to the event. That’s it. But remember, no link, no show. My email is wayne@stonelantern.com. You might also want to mention the event in the comments below. Big Summer Book Sale ends soon. 20% to 25% off all books. Don’t wait! Two classics, one old … Continue reading Upcoming Bonsai Events & Big Summer Book Sale Ends Soon

Great Bonsai Events & Only 2 More Days for Your FREE Bonsai Items

This remarkable old pine is from Exhibitons and Awards on Bjorn Bjorholm’s Bjorvala Bonsai Studio website. Bjorn is the headliner at the 36th Annual Mid-America Bonsai Exhibit (see below). FREE! Only two more days (today and tomorrow) for your FREE Bonsai Items   FREE! Three of the seven FREE items that we are offering. All you have to do is place an order with Stone Lantern for at least 25.00 AND put FREE in the comments box when you check out. Details are here. FREE ADVERTISING! Would you like to see your bonsai event featured here? If so, just send … Continue reading Great Bonsai Events & Only 2 More Days for Your FREE Bonsai Items

Keeping It Close to Home – Upcoming Bonsai Events

This Shimpaku is from the home page of the Suthin Bonsai Studio website. Though magnificent Shimpaku are pretty common (especially in Japan), still, this one is distinctive in at least a couple ways: the lush crown that reaches all way down to the right gives the tree a dynamic flowing movement that adds interest, but just might cause your eye to flow right off the page. But then there’s the irrepressible curlycue jin that serves, among other things as a counter-balance to the crown’s lean to the right and brings your eye right back (too much coffee this morning is … Continue reading Keeping It Close to Home – Upcoming Bonsai Events

A Rich Cornucopia of Bonsai Events

It has been a while since we’ve featured the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum‘s world-class bonsai collection. This Korean hornbeam (Carpinus tschonoskii ) donated by Minoru Koshimura, has been in training since 1935 and it’s not even one of the oldest at the museum. Not by a long shot. But it is undeniably a venerable tree with a majestic dignity that you just don’t find every day. And of course, it’s just one of hundreds of powerful bonsai and bonsai events you can enjoy while visiting our nation’s capital. Here we go again in our quest to keep you up … Continue reading A Rich Cornucopia of Bonsai Events

Bonsai Events Calendar (Updated 10/17/2010)

Salvatore Liporace at Rosade Bonsai Studio. See Nov 4-7 below.  Send us yours If you have a bonsai event you’d like to see in our next calendar, send it to wayne@stonelantern.com, or put it in the comments below (don’t forget the links).  Oct 16 – ?: Stone Lantern 30% to 40% off books, tools and wire Oct – Nov: Kathy Shaner Advanced Workshops, Redwood Empire Bonsai Society

Bonsai Events Calendar

Photo from Crespi Bonsai (see September 10) Just the beginning This is it. Our first calendar. If you have a bonsai event you’d like to see in our next calendar, send it to wayne@stonelantern.com, or put it in the comments below (don’t forget the links). We can’t guarantee we’ll publish them all, but we might. Sep 4-7: Bay Island Bonsai Workshop Sep 9-12: Bonsai and Suiseki Prague 2010, 13th National Exhibition Sep 10-12: International Bonsai’s North American Bonsai Symposium Sep 10-19:  Crespi Bonsai 9th International Bonsai & Suiseki Meeting Sep 13: Ryan Neil Demonstration, The Bonsai Society of Upstate New … Continue reading Bonsai Events Calendar

Coming Soon! Calendar of Bonsai Events

Promoting the art of bonsai Bonsai Bark exists for at least two purposes. 1. To promote the art of bonsai, and 2. to bring people to Stone Lantern. In keeping with number 1, we are going start offering a regular calendar of bonsai events. At this point, I am not sure how often (maybe bi-weekly or even weekly), or exactly what will be included (we may treat non-profit organization differently than for profit businesses). In any case, if you want to promote your event, email me (put bonsai calendar in the subject line) or include it in the comments below, … Continue reading Coming Soon! Calendar of Bonsai Events