Juniperus Thurifera

This is the story of my Juniperus thurifera.

This is a yamadori juniperus thurifera that i bought at Pius Notter's place in a workshop in the spring of 2007.
It was a enjoyable weekend and in the end he styled the trees.




After a time a wasn't satisfied of the position of the tree,so i changed the angle of the tree in June 2007.




Beginning of April 2008 the tree was repotted and i let the tree grow for a year.



In 2009 i took this tree to discuss with Hotsumi.
First i removed the weak foliage and some branches of which one has become a jin.
Afterwards we slightly changed the position to the left and i could wire the tree.
After that i styled the tree with accompaniment of hotsumi.

For the future we thought of a round red brown pot in the direction of nanban.




In February 2010 i repotted the tree in another pot , in future it will be in a brown red oval pot i think.
Still much work on the foilage.




Last week i gave some attention to this tree.
Cleaned the deadwood and trunk.
Cleaned the foliage to let more light and air in it for new growth.
Wired and styled it.

Think that this tree did progress rather well.

Now the tree needs to grow and backbud and has to get a little fuller.
And in future a better pot.

Bending a Sylvestris

This is a Sylvestris i have for some years now.
Here was it after a workshop with Pius notter in 2008 i think.



I wasn't really happy with the result so last year in september.
So Mario Komsta and I decided to bend the straight trunk by hollowing it out, put some wire in the hollowed part and put some raffia on the trunk.






Attached a screw in the deadwood for a guywire.
And we bended the trunk.




In the beginning of september i removed the raffia and some wires.
The scar in the back caused by the bending heales perfectly.
And i bended the trunk some little more.







Here are some possible positions for the tree.
And Will Baddeley drawed his beautiful idea out for me.

Some Pinus sylvstris i collected

It's been a while since i posted.
So It was time to post again.
Here are a few of the sylvestris i have.

Got thisi shohin itoigawa since march.
It has a great body, movement and life vein.






The tree had grown very much and very good since i had it in my collection.
So it was time to give the tree a start.

In the end of July I refined the deadwood a bit,pinched the foliage to let more air and light in the tree, wired and styled this shohin itoigawa.

The backside had a very interesting nebari (deadwood+lifevein together) however you cant see it because of the wet ground.
Allso the twisted lifevein from the front to the back and again to the front was a very interesting point of the tree.

The deadwood was from my opinion allso better,still needs some refinement but this will come in time.
On the right i allso made a little shari to the back near the first right back branch.
Sorry for the colour,the limesulfer was just applied on.

Now it's only matter of time, maturing and the foliage pads need to grow more wider at some places and more thicker.
Allso when in time the deadwood at the nebari rottens there is always a possibility to lift this tree more to the left to make a beautiful cascade out of it,
but this is something what the future will decide.

No the tree can rest and next year i'll try to find a suitable pot for it.

The Demo's at Joy of bonsai.

I spent the two days working on a special Spanish Juniper.


The result after the demo.


Steve Tolley(GB) worked on a little imported Juniper.
It was very nice meeting him.


Result.


Serge Clemence (swiss) worked on a yamadori Pinus sylvestris from France.
I had great conversations with him.


The tree finished , I had the oppotunity to give a translation for Serge.


Hans van Meer(NL) worked on two trees during the weekend.
They came out very nicely.
I had many laughs with him!

He worked on a Scots Pine and a Yew





Tony gave a virtual demonstration and explaining the future of the Hawthorn.
Allso had a great laugh with him.



Simon T and his student with working on a Tanuki.


Chris T working on his creation.


Sorry for the ones i forgot i don't have pictures of their demo's.

The demonstrators.


Dan Barton, who did'nt demo but along with the rest of the ABBA team , worked very hard to put the show together, so many thanks ti him and a big applaus.
A very friendly and hospital man!

As you all know i was invited in March for Joy Of Bonsai in Bath.

It was a very great event!
I'm very glad i was invited to do my first demonstration at the Joy of Bonsai!
I enjoyed everything,the exposition,the very friendly people it was a great weekend i'll never forget!
Many thanks to Dan Barton for organizing this,John Trott and his wife for the hospitality.
Also to all the great demonstrators at JOB for their good work and the interesting conversations!
It was great meeting new people and to talk with them!

Best regards,
Yannick

Here some pictures of the event.

Will Baddeley's English elm and blackthorn




Dan Barton's Yew









Plastic replica of Kevins willson's Yew