The Dancer by Mauro Stemberger. Mauro’s facebook caption reads: Never give up !!!! Swedish scots pine “The Dancer.” You can see that Mauro is planning a new planting angle and most likely a new pot. You might imagine a bunjin type pot (shallow, round, maybe a little rough…).
Good Scots pine bonsai (Pinus sylvestris) are easier to find than good Austrian black pine (Pinus nigra) bonsai. For example, a quick search turned up all four Scots pines shown here in just one person’s collection; the omnipresent Mauro Stemberger. We could easily do the same with Walter Pall and perhaps some others (and we will, stay posted).
The snake. Here’s Mauro’s caption from facebook: Finally the snake for BCI magazine……. Pinus sylvestris 75cm (30″). Snake seems like a perfect name, given the way it lifts its head above a coil on the ground. Speaking of the coil on the ground, I like the way the rim of the pot accommodates the low bulge and jin in the front.
Another loop. We feature an Austrian black pine with a distinctive loop in the trunk a few posts ago and now we’ve got a somewhat similar Scot’s pine with a loop. Both loops belong to Mauro Stemberger.
This is what can happen when a top-notch tree receives a top-notch trimming and wiring. Mauro’s facebook caption says: Spanish Scots pine, 65 cm (26″) in Tokoname pot. Before……and after five kilometers of wire :)
Cool trees………………..I believe that Mauro collected these trees and God , snowfall, ice, deer , etc. created them. He should be grateful and happy that he has a place to collect them. All he has to do is find where they live, dig them up and sucessfuly transplant them and keep them alive long enough to design them to be asthetically pleasing. Not an easy task at all !!! Hats off to Mauro but, really, what did he do to create them ? I realize that Mauro is very skilled in the profession but he had God as his designer………………..Or, am I missing the point and he created them from cuttings that he rooted in 1967 ?
Lee Squires
Hi Lee,
Thanks for comments.
I just read through to see where you might have gotten the impression that I (or someone?) thinks that Mauro created these trees. Maybe it’s the use of the word artist. Or maybe someone just wants to make a statement about their beliefs?