San Francisco Suiseki Kai – 30th annual exhibit
San Francisco Suiseki Kai – 30th annual exhibit
The San Francisco Suiseki Kai recently held their 30th annual exhibit. It was my first visit to their event, and I was glad I had the opportunity to attend. Here is a selection of the stones on display.
Suiseki
Tamari (Shuhbo) – Eel River
Yamagata – Little Truckee
To-yamgata (Soshun) – Klamath River
Hut stone
Klamath River stone
Klamath River stone
Eel River stone
Eel River stone
Suiseki
Klamath River stone
Stone from Big Bend, TX
Eel River stone
Eel River stone
Eel River stone
“Klamath Forest” – Black Butte Lake
Yamagata (Matsuyuki) – Klamath River
Iwagata – Eel River
Iwagata – Eel River
Suiseki
More from GSBF Convention Exhibit
More from GSBF Convention Exhibit
The GSBF XXXIII Convention Exhibit included more stones than bonsai. The two ends of the exhibit hall were devoted to suiseki, and some of the stones were displayed in more formal arrangements. The composition below was created by Mas Nakajima.
Suiseki display
Another suiseki display featured a large scroll and accent plant.
Suiseki display
The remainder of the suiseki were displayed along the walls of the exhibit room.
Suiseki
Suiseki
Suiseki
Suiseki
Suiseki
Suiseki
Suiseki
Suiseki
Suiseki
Suiseki
In looking over my photos from the exhibit, one display caught my attention – the shimpaku-olive display below. While both are outstanding trees with very different characters, they happen to be very similar in height. Is this an issue here?
Shimpaku and olive
Shimpaku
Shimpaku – interior
Olive
The exhibit also contained some great accents. One of my favorites hinted at the season.
Accent
Even the mini-slab on which the accent sits is well done – one of many details that helped make this such an enjoyable exhibit.
Suiseki on display
Here are some more photographs from the California Suiseki Society’s 15th Annual Show.
Coastal – Italy
Figure stone – Northern California
Mountain – Northern California
Mountain – Northern California
Coastal – Northern California
Doha – Japan
Doha – Japan
Mountain – Northern California
Meditation stone
Meditation stone
Meditation stone
Mountain range – Northern California
Dobutsu-seki – Mendocino, California
Waterfall – Northern California
Kinzan-seki – Northern California
Mountain range – Northern California
Mountain range – Northern California
Distant mountain – Northern California
Mountain – Northern California
Mountain – Northern California
Tropical island – Northern California
Mizukagami – Northern California
Mizukagami – Northern California
Kisogawa – Northern California
Kisogawa detail – Northern California
See more suiseki from this show.
California Suiseki Society 15th Annual Show
California Suiseki Society 15th Annual Show
The California Suiseki Society held its 15th Annual Show at the Lakeside Garden Center in Oakland, California on June 12-13, 2010. Typically members display stones new to their collections – this year President & Founder Felix Rivera encouraged members to display their very best stones. The result was a wonderful collection of close to 100 suiseki.
Most of the stones on display were “mountain stones” from Northern California. I was a bit surprised by this – either most engaging stones in California make good representations of mountains, or the mountain style speaks to members. A core of over a dozen are from the Bay Area – most of the rest are located across the country. Worldwide, the active membership is about 50.
I was also surprised by the diversity of rock geology. Northern California is clearly home to diverse collections of rock making it a great place for collecting.
Here’s a sampling of the suiseki on display. I’ll post more later this week.
Mountain & arch stone – Northern California
Mountain – Northern California
Mountain – Northern California
Near mountain – Northern California
Mountain – Northern California
Waterfall – Northern California
Distant mountain – Northern California
Waterfall – Northern California
Mountain – Northern California
Mountain – Northern California
Lake – Northern California
Mountain range – Northern California
Nearby mountain – Northern California
Island – Northern California
Island detail – Northern California
Mountain – Northern California
Plateau – Northern California
Waterfall – Northern California
Distant mountain – Northern California
Mountain – Northern California
Mountain – Northern California
Mountain – Northern California
Kinzan-seki – Northern California
Mountain – Northern California
Distant mountain with river – Northern California
Mountain – Northern California
Mountain range – Northern California
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