If you spend a lot of time looking at bonsai photos you'll see a lot of trees that look more or less the same. Well done, often beautiful bonsai that vanish from memory after while. And then there are trees like this eccentric old Scot's pine. You could stumble across it ten years from now and immediately recognize it. Not that it's better or worse than most other specimen quality bonsai, just strikingly different. I found it, along with all the photos shown here on Bjorn Bjorholm's facebook feed. Bjorn's caption reads "Today's work - a massive Sylvestris at Minoru Bonsai."
I don’t know if you’ve been following Bjorn Bjorholm’s whirlwind bonsai roadshow (my expression, not his), but if you have, you’ve no doubt noticed just how much he gets around and just how many bonsai he works on while he’s getting around.
The photos in this post have at least two things in common. All appear on Bjorn’s facebook feed and all (except the last one) show the results of Bjorn’s deft touch.
Here's another one that qualifies as undeniably unique, even eccentric. Bjorn's caption reads, "A bit late but here are the results of my demo at Generation Bonsai 2015."
Great tree, but old collected Junipers with massive amounts of carved deadwood are everywhere. But then there's that shapely hole in the deadwood, a little extra touch that might help this one stick in your memory. Bjorn's caption: "Today's work - Sabina Juniper at Bonsai Sense in Majorca, Spain."
Still a ways to go with this Scot's pine; but it has so much going for it, including its natural ruggedness and feeling of great age (not to mention Bjorn's deft touch), that it's rather obvious that it has a very good future. Bjorn's caption: "Sylvestris bone-setting in Majorca today."
I like the way Bjorn's wiring has helped create a fluid flow from the base of the trunk to the the branch tips. That and the wonderfully textured trunk make for a great tree. Bjorn's caption: "Workshop at Bonsai Sense."
I couldn't resist. Though this photo has nothing to do with restyling, I thought you might like to have your mind stopped for a moment. Bjorn's caption: "Next up - the monster Stewartia."