Yesterday the chains were broken. Today it's the chains and the arm. It's a good thing the tree and pot survived. The photo is cropped so the nitty-gritty at the bottom will show when it's magically transported to social media (the original is below).
Yesterday, we featured some photos and text (courtesy of our friend Robert Steven) from the recent 3rd National Xiaopin Penjing & Wild Grass Exhibition. Today we’ve got some more for you (and even more tomorrow).
The more I look at the photos the more fascinated I become. The scope and variety and especially the concepts behind the whole thing; a blending of tradition Chinese penjing with something much newer and more radical. Robert Steven’s fertile mind at work.
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A gnarled gnarly little pine (Japanese black pine?).
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Here are some of those wild grasses that are mentioned in the Exhibition title.
Is that another grape (see yesterday)? Only this time without fruit?
Uncropped
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