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  1. MACH5

    BONSAI SPRING FESTIVAL, WASHINGTON, DC MAY 10-12, 2024

    Mark your calendars! Hoping to see many of you at this year's Bonsai Spring Festival at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, Washington, DC. I will be the guest artist leading several workshops, tree critiques and demos. Please click the link for more details...
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    ZELKOVA #02

    This is my second Zelkova that I am developing. Only this one being much larger than the shohin one I have in my collection. It was purchased basically as a stump from Peter Tea in the fall 2021. I believe Peter may have said this tree was ground grown for about 20 years. The 360 nebari is...
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    BONSAI by the BAYOU 2024

    Excited to be headlining at this event next year. Houston is proud to be hosting the 2024 CCI/LSBF International Bonsai Convention which will be one of the biggest events of the year! Don't miss this opportunity and register. You can find more details @ houstonbonsaisociety.com It is my...
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    SHISHIGASHIRA GROUP PLANTING

    Originally purchased from Brussel's Bonsai in the summer of 2019. This was a three tree composition in which I liked the movement of the main trees but I thought more could be done with this material. Below is the original bonsai as it appeared on Brussel's website. As offered, the composition...
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    SHOHIN JAPANESE WHITE PINE

    Japanese white pine that I acquired from @JudyB. This tree caught my attention a few months ago when I was doing a workshop at Judy's place. Not long after, she graciously offered to me for purchase. This year I have been introducing several conifers into my garden and white pines have become of...
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    TAXUS CUSPIDATA

    Shohin Taxus cuspidata (Japanese yew). It was purchased last year from Don Lindstrom which he graciously offered it to me after some back and forth. He masterfully grew this tree from a small cutting for almost 20 years. He, not only expertly developed it, but also set up its structure and...
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    CLUMP KIYOHIME ON IBIGAWA

    This is a wonderful piece I picked up from Bjorn last year at the Nationals. It's a bonsai I knew well for many years. When I saw that he had it up for sale, I had to figure a way to get it into my garden. Simply put, I could not pass this one up! This clump style Kiyohime bonsai has some...
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    UBE Exhibition January 21-23, 2022

    Last year UBE (Union del Bonsai Español) had to organize their annual show virtually due to COVID. This year they were able to put one together once again in the town of Aranjuez were it's usually located. Spain, as always, manages to stage a great show with world class trees. I hope to make it...
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    JAPANESE SNOWBELL

    This Japanese snowbell (Styrax japonica) was purchased last year from Bill Valavanis. Actually it was owned by Joe Noga and Bill brokered the sale. I bought the tree for several reasons, not least is their relative rarity in the US at least as bonsai. In addition, the tree offered great...
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    MOUNTAIN MAPLE

    Or another way to refer to Acer palmatum. In contrast to many of my other trees, this maple has a subtle and quiet presence. It was purchased a few years back from The Bonsai Learning Center. Originally a Japanese import that spent two years in quarantine at Brussel's Bonsai. It features an...
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    BIRCH (BETULA KOTULAE)

    Originally purchased from Eric Schrader last year. This birch was started as a cutting about 20 years ago by Eric. Hard to believe given the highly plated and rugged looking bark that has already developed. It was originally sold to me as a Himalayan birch but upon further research and positive...
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    SMALL STONES WORLDS APART

    Happy to have two of my smallest Furuya stones included in this beautifully designed e-book just published by VSANA ( Viewing Stone Association of North America). Mr. Thomas Elias is a leading authority on suiseki and wanted to create a special virtual exhibit with this book specifically geared...
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    My first love

    Portrait of my niece Anabelle. Drawing has always been at the core of all I do including my bonsai practice. From time to time I like to go back and rekindle that love that I developed from a very young age.
  14. MACH5

    Looking for Koyo

    Looking for a Koyo pot about 15" x 3.5" in the classic speckled oribe glaze. Yes, I have contacted all the usual suspects with no luck thus far so I thought perhaps someone here has it for sale? Please let me know. Thanks!
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    M5 BONSAI WORKS virtual

    During covid I have been offering professional bonsai consultations and workshops to those interested in developing and elevating their bonsai practice. These sessions are mainly focused on the development and design of deciduous species. All aspects of design and development strategies, the...
  16. MACH5

    CLOSING WOUNDS

    Today I worked on closing a large wound on a kifu size trident maple that I have posted here before. I wanted to tackle this earlier last year but did not get to it so I decided to get ahead and do it now before spring is upon us. I suspect it was a big cut made to create the taper and the...
  17. MACH5

    AMERICAN ELM

    This is an American elm (Ulmus americana). I had worked this tree previously with Doug (@jimib) at a workshop that @JudyB hosted at her place in late 2018. This is wild collected material with a simple character, maturing bark with sharis and other "imperfections" that gave this tree a nice...
  18. MACH5

    GRO-LOW SUMAC [Rhus aromatica]

    This is a sumac and as its name implies, it's a low growing shrub that spreads wide. I bought this plant at a garden center which was erroneously labeled as a dogwood. Later to find it was actually a sumac. It bears no resemblance to the sumac everyone thinks of with its compound leaves. The...
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    RED CHOJUBAI [Chaenomeles japonica]

    Red flowering quince or better known as 'chojubai' are often referred to as the jewels of the bonsai world. This species just about has everything going for them. They are deciduous, have textured bark, tiny leaves, form fine and dense ramification with tight internodes, and in winter it's...
  20. MACH5

    FURUYA-ISHI #3

    This is a Furuya stone that I won at a Japanese auction last September. It belonged to Mr. Negishi Yukiyoshi who over the years received a handful of Kokufu-ten prizes for his bonsai. He passed away and many pieces from his suiseki collection were made available for purchase. It is an absolutely...
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    WTB sumac

    Looking for sumac. Anyone has it for sale or know of anyone selling it? Thanks guys!
  22. MACH5

    EBIHARA BRANCH RELOCATION

    I've wanted to try this ingenious technique for many years. But I did not have a proper subject until about three years ago when I purchased this multi-trunk Japanese maple that was originally imported from Japan by Doug Paul at the Kennett Collection. The tree suffered greatly in the...
  23. MACH5

    Unglazed high quality pot

    Looking to purchase an unglazed pot of the following dimensions: 16" x 12" x 1.75" A couple of things I am looking for in this pot. Although I am a bit flexible with the length and width of the pot, the depth must not be much more than 1.75". The pot must be clean and simple and not visually...
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    GRAY OAK #2

    This is another collected gray oak I purchased from Alvaro in June 2019. Only this time way smaller than my other one. Its small dimensions appealed to me as I have not seen many collected at this size. I originally was looking to make a shohin planted in a pot of appropriate size. So I set out...
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    Looking for high-end unglazed pot

    Hi all, I am looking for a Japanese/antique Chinese unglazed rectangular pot 17" x 12" x 5.5" or close. Interested in more towards a high-end container preferably old with patina. Thanks, MACH5
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