April 2014 – IBA Newsletter
I just ran across an interview with Andy Smith posted on Bonsai Bark. If you love bonsai, nature, environmentalism, philosophy, etc. it is an entertaining read and will contribute to your thinking on all those subjects. And once you have read the article, you will have a better understanding of why I would vote Andy […]
MORE >>March 2014 – IBA News & Muse
Ryan Neil is an American bonsai artist who studied with Kimura in Japan for 6 years. Kimura is considered the greatest bonsai master in the world. Ryan has been back in the US for 4 years where he runs his nursery in Oregon. He gives lectures and demonstration worldwide.March 2014- DOWNLOAD THE NEWSLSTTER
MORE >>IBA Spring Show
Celebrate Easter weekend Earth Day together on April 19, and 20, at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden. We are expecting a crowd both of those days for the Iowa Bonsai Association Spring Show.
MORE >>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 […]
MORE >>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 […]
MORE >>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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