December 2019 Meeting
There is no demonstration next month but this does not mean that nothing is happening. Come along and join us for our AGM followed by the BSA Christmas party. Always fun!
Bonsai, Events, Monthly Demonstration
Bonsai, Monthly Demonstration
Peter Warren is Coming to Australia
Peter is one of United Kingdom’s leading Bonsai professionals. His studio and nursery, Saruyama Bonsai, is located in London. Peter studied under Kunio Kobayashi for six years. He is well known and highly regarded in Europe and Japan where he is regularly featured on television and radio. Peter is a published author and well respected translator whose work is featured in bonsai magazines around the world.
Bonsai, Events
Scenes from BSA Annual Show 2019
Again, thank you so much to all those who helped with our show; from those who displayed trees and/or gave demonstrations to the very hard working volunteers who set up and pulled down the show and those who manned the fort throughout the show. You are all very much appreciated. Thank you!
Bonsai, Monthly Demonstration
September Demonstrator Recap: Leong Chong
Once again, Leong delivered a great talk illustrating how one can raise one’s bonsai practice from the ordinary to a more sophisticated and pleasing level. Leong very kindly provided the information quoted directly below. ‘There are many elements of a tree that can be employed to create a bonsai. In creating a particular bonsai style,
Bonsai, Monthly Demonstration
August Demonstrator Recap: Allan Harding
Last month, Allan gave a thought-provoking presentation on how to develop one’s artistic skill with bonsai and/or penjing. Using Sydney artist Lindy Lee’s advice to young visual artists, Allan introduced us, through example, to the art of appropriation and its extension into artistic practice. Lindy refers to what she calls the Second Year Crisis- ‘When
Bonsai, Events, Exhibitions / Shows
Tree Making: New Etchings by Michael Kempson
Artist, bonsai artist and BSA member, Michael Kempson has a new exhibition of truly beautiful etchings at the Flinders Street Gallery, Darlinghurst. A master printmaker, Michael combines an artist’s sensibility with great technical skill. These works examine ideas of bonsai- traditional and contemporary, real and imagined, and the contribution of time and place to evolving
Bonsai, Monthly Demonstration
July Demonstrator Recap: Ian White and Sean Hood
Another great demo from Ian and Sean on root over rock last month and if you’ll excuse the pun, between them they covered all facets. Root over rock can be broken down into three basic parts: selecting the material, putting the plant material onto the rock and developing the bonsai on the rock. Each stage
Bonsai, Monthly Demonstration
August’s Demonstrator: Allan Harding
Allan is well known for his involvement in the Penjing Institute of Australia with Kingston Wang and his role previously in maintaining the bonsai and penjing at the Chinese Gardens of Friendship at Darling Harbour. Allan studied bonsai for fifteen years but penjing is where his heart is. Trained in China, Allan is the creator
Bonsai, Helpful Hint
Taper
What is it about these two photos of the same tree taken the same morning? What is the subtle but marked difference? Why is the modified style in the second photo better? It is all about TAPER, the natural progression from thick to thin that balances a tree. In the first photo a twin apical
Bonsai, Monthly Demonstration
June Demonstration Recap: Tony Bebb
Neil Ryan’s theme for the AABC Conference this year was how to move a tree that had been aesthetically pleasing and well styled in the past into its next iteration. Tony Bebb’s demonstration last month was a lesson in how to achieve this. Tony chose an old Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora) that while still