Revisiting a Great Shohin Display & More

This Shohin display is from Suthin Sukosolvisit’s Bonsai Gallery. Every National Bonsai Exhibition has featured at least one these by Suthin. This year I challenged myself to pick out Suthin’s display as I walked into the Shohin section of the Exhibition. It was easy. Taking nothing away from some other wonderful displays, still, Suthin’s caught my attention from across the room. Leaving for short vacation today and pressed for time so we’ll dip back into our archives. This one originally appeared just over a year ago, right after the 4th U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition. Before any winners were announced. Though … Continue reading Revisiting a Great Shohin Display & More

Saving a Broken Bonsai Tool & a Proper Understanding of Overlapping Blades

The header from Adam Lavigne’s Adam’s Art and Bonsai Blog. We almost always lean towards the art part of bonsai, but this time we’re breaking with tradition and going with a practical post on repairing a broken bonsai tool. The four photos shown here are lifted from Adam’s Art and Bonsai Blog. They exist to encourage you to visit Adam’s blog. Even if you never repair your own tools, if you take a moment to see the whole process, chances are you’ll know more about tools and tool repair than you did when you woke up this morning. And if … Continue reading Saving a Broken Bonsai Tool & a Proper Understanding of Overlapping Blades

Caught in the Act

Caught in the act of flowering. This ubiquitous little Hawthorn belongs to Morten Albek, shohin bonsai artist, author and teacher. The display appeared during a visit to Denmark by Tomohiro Masumi. Still out of the office. This one originally appeared in 2011. It was titled ‘Small Is Beautiful.’ Tomohiro Masumi, Morten Albek & Shohin bonsai Rather than bore you with my take on things, I’ll just post a few photos I think you might appreciate. If you want more (photos and information), you can visit Morten’s facebook post on Tomohiro Masumi’s visit to Denmark, or you can go directly to … Continue reading Caught in the Act

Bonsai Tool & Wire Sales Ends Tonight

20% to 30% off all Roshi Bonsai Tools plus 10% off Stone Lantern orders 100.00 or more Roshi tools are famous for beauty, precision cutting, durability & great prices Tool & Wire Sales End Tonight, Sunday, Aug 2nd at 11:59pm EDT 25% off 500 gram (1.1 lb) rolls of Bonsai Aesthetics Wire plus 10% off Stone Lantern orders 100.00 or more Bonsai Aesthetic Tool Sale also ends Tonight Now Back in Stock! Bonsai Aesthetics All purpose Bonsai, Garden & Household Scissors These amazingly sharp, durable and very handy all-purpose scissors-shears are good for almost everything now only 5.63 with your … Continue reading Bonsai Tool & Wire Sales Ends Tonight

Stone Lantern Site Wide Sale Ends Sunday Night

Our Site Wide Sale covers everything including tools & wire Just a friendly heads up… … Our 20% to 30% off Site Wide Sale ends Sunday night at 11:59pm EDT 20% to 30% off our already discounted prices on… … Everything! Our Site Wide Sale covers everything including books Our Site Wide Sale covers everything including our famous Roshi Tools Our Site Wide Sale covers everything including Fertilizer & Bonsai Wire Our Site Wide Sale covers everything including Ho Yoku Care products Our Site Wide Sale covers everything including Bonsai Pots Our Site Wide Sale covers everything including … Continue reading Stone Lantern Site Wide Sale Ends Sunday Night

Snake Dance & other Tropical Wonders

This Pemphis acidula was styled by Gede Merta and currently belongs to H.N. Holiq Effendi. Gede Merta titled it Snake Dance (I know of at least one other Gede Merta bonsai called Snake Dance). It’s height is 57cm (22.5″) and, as you can see it’s a rather spectacular bonsai. I don’t know how hard Pemphis wood is and how difficult it is to keep the deadwood from rotting, but it looks like it has been treated with lime sulfur. A good place to start. All the trees shown here were styled by Gede Merta. His nursery is called Bonsai Bali … Continue reading Snake Dance & other Tropical Wonders

Gentle Reminders – Lower Prices – New Sale

We just started a NEW Sale Roshi Bonsai Tools – Up to 30% off I just got back from the 4th U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition. I was quite inspired (to say the least) by the powerful trees displayed, the good people I met and the overall feeling of the whole event (tomorrow I’ll show you some of the winners). In fact, I was so inspired that I got all soft and decided to sharpen my pencil (unintended!). I’d been thinking I needed to revisit our prices for a while now and just didn’t get around to it (better exchange rates … Continue reading Gentle Reminders – Lower Prices – New Sale

Deadwood & Much More at North America’s Signature Bonsai Event

Going down? There’s a lot to love about this old tree: that little piece of wood that hangs over the edge of the pot, the remarkable texture and color of the bark and the way the powerful old trunk seems to cling to the pot. There’s also the fact that the tree is a Southwestern White Pine (Pinus strobiformis), not your everyday bonsai species. And then there’s that remarkable jin that seems to be unconcerned if it fits or doesn’t fit with the rest of the tree. The tree belong to Greg Brenden. The photo is from the 2010 2nd … Continue reading Deadwood & Much More at North America’s Signature Bonsai Event

Roshi Bonsai Tool Sale Ends Tomorrow

Now is the right time to choose from our large selection of High Carbon Steel and Stainless Roshi Bonsai Tools 10% off for one Roshi Tool 20% off for 2-5 Roshi Tools 30% off for 6 or more sets count as 1 tool Roshi Bonsai Tools are known for their precision craftsmanship, beauty and excellent prices (even more excellent now) Sale Ends Tomorrow (July 18 at 11:59 pm U.S. EDT) so don’t wait

Defoliación del Abuelo (Defoliating Grandfather)

Here’s Juan Adrade’s caption for this photo. “Partial defolation on one of the grandfather trees. Close to 100 yrs old (Defoliación de las ramas exteriores en uno de los tridentes del abuelo de mi maestro. Este arbol posiblemente se acerca a los 100 años).” All the photos in this post are from a series of photos on Juan’s facebook feed. Facebook is great if you like photos of children, animals or glassy eyed people over eating at restaurants. If you’re lucky and you have the right friends, you might find good photos of quality bonsai. However, it’s somewhat unusual to … Continue reading Defoliación del Abuelo (Defoliating Grandfather)