The third to last photo in a long sequence by Mario Komsta. Mario’s comment on this photo is ‘almost bonsai.’ Pretty good for an ‘almost.’ From a facebook album by Mario.
From freshly dug to ‘almost bonsai’
The photos here present a sampling of a step-by-step series on a very creative (and skillful) bonsai transformation by Mario Komsta. We’ve featured Mario’s bonsai several times on Bonsai Bark, and for good reason. To my eye, Mario is one of the West’s elite young bonsai artists. You might even say that Mario is one of the elite bonsai artists, period. You can see all of the photos, plus Mario’s pithy comments on his facebook album.
Before. Shaggy tree, shaggy space.
Mario turns it on its side to get the angle he wants.
The basics have been established and new finer foliage has been grafted on to replace the original shaggier foliage.
After few years devoted to recovery and just growing. I guess you could say that the grafts have taken.
One thing is missing, otherwise this photo is the same as the one at the top of post. There’s a pretty obvious hint, so it should be easy to tell what’s missing.
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