This distinctively unusual Mugo pine received Marco Invernizzi's Ichiban* Award at the 2008 Art of Bonsai Awards. The artist is Alfredo Salaccione from Italy.
If you spend a lot of time looking at bonsai, you might come to appreciate unusual features. Features that make a tree not only interesting, but unique. In the case of the Mugo pine above, there are several that stand out.
The most obvious feature, one that immediately catches the eye, is the way the trunk wraps around and frames the tree’s crown. This alone, makes for a very unusual and distinctive bonsai. A bonsai that is unlikely to be forgotten.
Then there’s that powerful downward thrusting jin that pierces the tree’s crown. As if the tree is attacking itself. There’s also the relationship of the crown to the pot; the way the bottom of the crown almost seems to rest on the lip of the pot. There are others features that set this tree apart, but we’ll leave those to you…
If you’d like to see more great bonsai from the 2008 Art of Bonsai Awards, here’s your link.
*Speaking of Ichiban, we expect to have this amazing tool back in stock for the fall.
This rugged San Jose juniper planting is also from the 2008 Art of Bonsai Awards. It's by Nacho Marin, a favorite here on Bonsai Bark.
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