Fake bonsai

[rockm]

I hesitate to post this link as it showed up as an ad in my FB feed. Anyway, it's an outfit apparently in Hawaii that makes fake bonsai out of clay and other materials. The prices are astronomical, but if the trees in the photos are not fake, they're better than a lot of the freeze dried "bonsai" out there.

I have no affiliation with the site, don't know if the seller is legitimate. One look at the photos of his "staff" and I have my doubts...

Japanese Bonsai, Artificial Bonsai, Art, Custom-made, Zen Interior

Interior bonsai is an artificial bonsai completely handmade by expert Japanese craftspeople using the technique of "Takumi". Interior bonsai is a bonsai art that looks just like the real thing. You can custom order bonsai with your favorite bonsai design.

www.interiorbonsai.com

 

[Lollybonsai]

I don't know about you guys, but I wouldn't buy this. I prefer my one living bonsai over those because you grow attached to something that you have put work into.

 

[rockm]

I don't know about you guys, but I wouldn't buy this. I prefer my one living bonsai over those because you grow attached to something that you have put work into.

I wouldn't buy these either, BUT they're not bonsai. They are indoor decoration. Different thing, a sort of sub-bonsai.

"Ming Trees" (not the ming aralea) were popular back in the middle of the 20th century. They were fake "bonsai" trees used for interiors. They were made of everything from jade to real wood, etc.

 

[Crazy Diamond]

Those are nice but I prefer the wire bonsai, they are more artistic to me

 

[Mikecheck123]

$4800 for a fake plastic tree??? I think Radiohead wrote a song about that didn't they?

[Verse 3]
She looks like the real thing
She tastes like the real thing
My fake plastic love
But I can't help the feeling
I could blow through the ceiling
If I just turn and run