This month’s Bay Island Bonsai meeting focused on bonsai design. Members brought trees for critique and designed trees on paper. Both exercises focus on the criteria we use to design attractive bonsai and help to refine the stylistic sensibilities that inform the decisions we make when we work on our trees. The critique also provided […]
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Judging bonsai at Bay Island Bonsai meeting
This month’s Bay Island Bonsai meeting featured some of my favorite activities – evaluating bonsai and bonsai display. Boon regularly gives members opportunities to hone their understanding of judging by bringing trees for us to evaluate and having us score them. Scoring trees forces the viewer to look closely and think about a tree’s characteristics in […]
More highlights from BIB’s 16th annual exhibit
Like it does every year, Bay Island Bonsai’s annual exhibit seemed to wrap up just as it was getting started. It was a blast, and as always I wish I’d had more time to enjoy the trees. Poring over the photos is the next best thing. Some photos make it easy to appreciate a tree’s […]
Nomoto critique at BIB’s 16th annual exhibit
Just before the doors opened for day two of Bay Island Bonsai’s 16th annual exhibit, Daisaku Nomoto and Boon Manakitivipart led a critique for BIB members. Some comments focused on the displays, others on the bonsai. Nomoto appraising a Sierra juniper As seen from the front – Sierra juniper Nomoto had a few ideas for […]
Members’ Choice Awards – BIB’s 16th Annual Exhibit
This past weekend marked Bay Island Bonsai’s 16th annual exhibit. As I remember the plans that went into the first exhibit, it’s hard to believe that so many of these events have come to pass. A lot has changed over the years, but a few elements have remained the same – we rely on the […]