Couldn’t resist. We featured a tree and pot by Sara Rayner a few posts back, so I was looking for some pots by Sara as a follow up, when I stumbled upon this little gem at The Art of Bonsai Project. The caption says ‘Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) pot specially made for this bonsai by Sara Rayner bonsai and photograph by Andy Smith.’
One of the reasons I couldn’t resist this sweet little tree, is because it’s by Andy Smith, one of the best known and best North American wild bonsai (yamadori) collectors* and owner of Golden Arrow Bonsai. As it turns out, we sell two excellent DVDs by Andy. We also sell The book on Ponderosa Pine Bonsai by Larry Jackel.
Both of these excellent DVDs by Andy Smith are on special at Stone Lantern.
*Bonsai collector, not to be confused with collector in the sense of art collector – Andy finds the wild trees, digs them, keeps them healthy, sometimes styles them, and sells them at reasonable prices.