Bonsai pots

Master Bonsai Potter Gyozan Nakano

I don’t know who styled this wild looking azalea (I don’t read Japanese) but I do know that Master Potter Gyozan Nakano made the pot. Here’s an old one from our archives (July, 2009) that I like. I’ve done a little editing – mostly cringe reduction – but the photos and most of the text are the same. A few years ago I was given a remarkable book by the World Bonsai Friendship Federation, who had received it courtesy of Masahiro Tokuo (President of Kindai Publishing). Since then, it has spent most of its time sitting on my shelf, though … Continue reading Master Bonsai Potter Gyozan Nakano

Dancing with Dragons

Peter Krebs calls this shot Azaleas-Virtual. I’m guessing this means he put the tree and the pot together on his computer and that in real time/space they exist separately. Beyond that… and how nicely they go together… that’s all we’ve got to go on. I’ve long admired Peter Krebs’ pots (here’s your proof) and it’s past due time to do some more admiring. These photos and Peter’s captions are from Peter’s facebook timeline. Peter also has a website where you can peruse and even buy his pots. NEW LOWER PRICES ON BONSAI TOOLS 10% to 30% Lower Roshi Bonsai Tools … Continue reading Dancing with Dragons

A Unique Bonsai Art – Wire Sale Ends Tonight

This is what you can do if you have the right stock, a great slab and a good eye. The planting belongs to Heinz Leitner (If you’d like to know more about the trees, visit our original post from last year). The slab is by Erik Križovenský. Once you’ve seen Erik’s distinctive looking slabs and other bonsai containers (for lack of a better word) you’ll be able to spot them anywhere. This post* started out with some photos of a unique bonsai forest on an equally unique cement slab (it’s a special frost-resistant cement) and ended with a photo of … Continue reading A Unique Bonsai Art – Wire Sale Ends Tonight

New Discounting & Free Shipping Rates at Stone Lantern

Starting Monday, May 8th, we will initiate the following changes FREE Shipping for Continental U.S. orders 100.00 or more Extra 10% off for all orders 150.00 or more These changes will allow us to keep our prices down and continue to offer deeply discounted Sales on a range of items… …including 3 excellent sales currently running for bonsai wire, bonsai tools & embroidered bonsai clothing   Thank you for your continued support    

Bonsai Brilliance Multiplied

Both the tree and the pot are brilliant and each could stand on its own. But together their brilliance is multiplied. Based on the flowers, I’d say the tree is a quince. The photos trees and pots shown here all belong to Michiko Koide. It’s noon already and the project I was working on this morning is bogged down (blogged down). We’ll set it aside for the moment and resort to an old trick. This one is from March, 2016, with a little value added – a couple new photos from Michiko Koide’s facebook timeline. I don’t know much about … Continue reading Bonsai Brilliance Multiplied

Brilliant Bonsai Pots – Site Wide Sale Ends Tonight

This brilliant bonsai pot is by Satomi Terahata, as are the other pots shown here There are two ways to look at bonsai pots – with and without trees. Pots with trees are often overlooked, especially by less experience bonsai enthusiasts, who may not yet fully grasp the importance of the relationship. How a bonsai isn’t a bonsai without the pot. Or, in the eyes of some, ‘without the right pot.’ In this post it’s pots without trees. This offers a chance to appreciate the art of bonsai pottery simply as is (no tree required) and an opportunity to imagine … Continue reading Brilliant Bonsai Pots – Site Wide Sale Ends Tonight

More Dramatic Bonsai then Back to the Real World

It’s the pot stupid (just kidding and no offense intended)! Actually, it’s the pot and the tree. A perfect match. The artist is Yang, Kuo-Yin. The tree is a Malpighia glabra. Up against it today, so we’ll show you three more trees from the 2007 Taiwan Bonsai Creators 10th Exhibition booklet (this time with black backgrounds) and tell you about our FREE Green Dream bonsai fertilizer giveaway (see below), and then back to the real world.   Three things jumped out with this one: the pot, the trunk and last but not least, the highly refined ramification (branching all the … Continue reading More Dramatic Bonsai then Back to the Real World

Wild Horses, Dramatic Bonsai, but No Snow!

That’s a tiny horse standing on a rock cliff. Which begs the question, do wild horses ever venture onto rocky cliffs, or do they avoid them? My guess is the later, but in this case it makes for a little more drama in an already dramatic and perfectly arranged scene by Li, Hung-Chien. The trees are Premna microphylla. The other day we featured a dramatic juniper bonsai by a Mr. Chiu Chung Cheng, a Taiwanese bonsai artist. It had been a while since we’d shown any bonsai from Taiwan and if you know Taiwanese bonsai, you know just how spectacular … Continue reading Wild Horses, Dramatic Bonsai, but No Snow!

Pots, Chops and a Spectacular Juniper Bonsai

This spectacular juniper belongs to Mr. Chiu Chung Cheng. I found it on Ryan Bell’s Japanese Bonsai Pots Blog. This will make three posts in a row that feature photos from Ryan Bell’s Japanese Bonsai Pots Blog. The last two were new Bark posts, this one is from our archives (December 2012). For a relative bonsai newcomer, I’m impressed with just how thoroughly Ryan Bell has jumped into the thick of the bonsai fray. I’m especially taken with his pot collection (many are for sale) and his recent (remember this is from 2012) photo journey through many of our bonsai … Continue reading Pots, Chops and a Spectacular Juniper Bonsai

Shamelessly Stealing Bonsai Pots (Trees too)

I found this Kumquat on Ryan Bell’s Japanese Bonsai Pot blog. My apologies for the fuzzy photo. It’s cropped from a larger photo that originally came from Bonsai Tonight. The full photo and Ryan’s caption are below. It has been a while since we borrowed (shamelessly stoled*) from Ryan Bell’s Japanese Bonsai Pot blog.  As you might expect, it’s a great photo source for some of the best bonsai pots in the world. We’ll offer a glimpse of a few here, with and without trees. If you’d like to enjoy a whole lot more, I suggest you pay Ryan a … Continue reading Shamelessly Stealing Bonsai Pots (Trees too)