Zuiou 1996 Kokufu prize winner, Japanese Black Pine. From Peter Tea Bonsai (Peter is one of the headliners at the upcoming Bonsai Visions of the West). Here’s some of what Peter wrote about this famous tree: “A few months ago I was fortunate enough to work on this large Japanese Black Pine. The work wasn’t major and involved thinning and pulling needles; standard stuff for Black Pines in the Winter. Just getting a chance to work on this tree was an amazing feeling for me because it tied my past bonsai career to my ending apprenticeship…” (for more visit Peter’s blog).
The Golden State Bonsai Federation with ABS presents Bonsai Visions of the West. October 30th – November 2nd, 2014.
As long as we’re on the West Coast (Rim Shots), The Golden State Bonsai Federation along with the American Bonsai Society is sponsoring Bonsai Visions of the West (October 30th – November 2nd, 2014). The GSBF and the ABS are two of the strongest and most venerable Bonsai societies in North America with long histories of first rate bonsai programs, and this one promises to continue in that tradition.
The list of bonsai artists and teachers reinforces this promise. The headliners are Peter Tea, Kathy Shaner and David De Groot (Rim Shots again). But the names don’t stop there; an impressive list of other well known bonsai people are involve in the seminars and workshops (rather than list them all, you can see for yourself).
There’s still time to make arrangements and the weather in Sacramento at the end of October might just be perfect (they do need rain however, and plenty of it – maybe the deluge will start the day after the program ends).
Juniper procumbens ‘nana’ styled by Kathy Shaner. Most pro-nanas don’t have such well developed trunks. The foliage looks a lot like the ‘Green mound’ cultivar that you sometimes find in Southern California (and elsewhere).
Kathy Shaner and friend working on another Procumbens ‘nana’ (root-on-rock this time).
As long as we’re discussing Juniper and Pine bonsai, these two benchmark Masters Series bonsai books are on sale at Stone Lantern along with everything else at our New Site Wide Sale. 20% to 30% off everything.