February 2014 – IBA News & Muse
To understand the origins and significance of this phenomenon on Japanese material culture and even on bonsai leads one quickly to further reading in Japanese Bunjin Painting and Chinese Southern Sung painting (the origin of all things “literati”). Nineteenth century Japanese Bunjin aesthetics particularly looked back to the Southern Sung painters, poets, scholars, and even […]
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Januray 2014 – IBA News & Muse
In our hobby of bonsai, we strive to make our trees show the respect of age. We do our best to develop a thick trunk, good nebari, craggy bark, and we lower the angle of the branches. Then we look for a venerable old pot to further enhance our tree. Perhaps our tree now looks […]
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November 2013 – IBA News & Muse
Whenever I show a bonsai, I have a similarly developed story. It brings coherence to all the parts of the individual exhibit. Even when others don’t comprehend my story, it’s there, and it gives me great pleasure. Work on your internal story; bring life to your bonsai presentations. November 2013- DOWNLOAD THE NEWSLSTTER
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October 2013 – IBA News & Muse
Today I know plenty of techniques, how to prune, how to fertilize, how to develop a tree from raw form, how to keep them healthy and growing i.e. and am still learning. Secondly the land to discover that seems endlessly open is the aesthetics and appreciation of bonsai as art. We all (most of us […]
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September 2013 – IBA News & Muse
What a brutally hot finish to August! I watered daily and misted at least once again later in the day. It looks like my trees made it through alright. Hope yours did as well. My trees have slowed their growth to a crawl, but the doggone weeds have continued to grow like – well, like […]
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August 2013 – IBA News & Muse
PLEASE NOTE: there is no meeting in August. Have you noticed how cool it has been this July and August? This means you may have to actually reduce watering. I noticed a Japanese quince that is showing signs of slowed water uptake. The leaves had changed their appearance, so I stuck my finger into the soil. It was still wet […]
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