It's an addiction...

[Smoke]

This is high quality shohin exhibit book from 1975. You will see a definite change in how the trees look. No finely groomed canopies and no large trunks shoehorned into small pots. These trees look like very good trees like one would find at a high end club shows of today. It is quite possible that trees from here could be trees we see in some of these more modern books, just with 40 more years under their belt!

 

[Smoke]

Enjoy. I did not post any of the black and white photo's...yes there were some even in 1975!

 

[Cadillactaste]

Thanks Al... @Smoke I am sure not only I...but many more enjoyed this lesson.

 

[Smoke]

Thanks Al... @Smoke I am sure not only I...but many more enjoyed this lesson.

Please don't think of it as a lesson...just "sharing".

 

[Pachycaul]

Please don't think of it as a lesson...just "sharing".

Thanks for "sharing" Smoke. It IS cool to recognize specific trees from various different publications through time.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Thought to share...my larger root stand. It is simply amazing the depth the roots bring out. My husband was turning it this way and that...admiring and commenting on the gifted talent Wan has.

 

[GrimLore]

The Modern Bonsai
Paperback, about 9 x 12 inches. good photos and pictures of pots and accents as well as all the trees. I paid about $50.00 at a shohin bonsai convention for mine. A good picture book if you can find it.

Mine was 60USD and I consider it a good book and worth more - handled a lot but with gentle care.

Good luck, but finest shohin book on God's green earth.

I saw one and have been "looking" since, perhaps ten years? You are correct, spot on!

Grimmy

 

[GrimLore]

Mine was 60USD and I consider it a good book and worth more - handled a lot but with gentle care.

I am sorry I did not pull the trigger at 75USD back then, It was a Philly Show and at that time I spent a lot on plants, small pots, and trivial shit not knowing. With age comes experience... grrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

Grimmy

 

[Adair M]

Thought to share...my larger root stand. It is simply amazing the depth the roots bring out. My husband was turning it this way and that...admiring and commenting on the gifted talent Wan has.
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It looks very nice! Glad you like it!

 

[Cadillactaste]

@Adair M ... I sure do appreciate you telling me about him! I love the comparison of the two sizes, they compliment each other in mere size difference if that makes sense. I need to get a better photo of the two side by side. His work is stunning...it's hard not to buy more...each so unique.

So glad fall is here...I am more falling into trees will be dormant soon. So...I can focus on things I want done around the house.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Wan does great work.

Here's my chojubai at the National Shohin Show;

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This tree you had in the show...do you have a photo of it from straight on view of tree and pot? Would love to see the entire tree combo a bit better.

 

[Adair M]

This tree you had in the show...do you have a photo of it from straight on view of tree and pot? Would love to see the entire tree combo a bit better.

You mean like this?

 

[Cadillactaste]

YES...STUNNING!!! Thanks @Adair M.

Great display...that tree and pot combo is amazing! Just when ones come to think of you as the Pine King...you show is treasures of a different caliper.

 

[Giga]

YES...STUNNING!!! Thanks @Adair M.

Great display...that tree and pot combo is amazing! Just when ones come to think of you as the Pine King...you show is treasures of a different caliper.

That txt is coming at you! That's the joy of this passion is theres very good diversity to wet the whistle of all who are thirsty.

 

[Adair M]

YES...STUNNING!!! Thanks @Adair M.

Great display...that tree and pot combo is amazing! Just when ones come to think of you as the Pine King...you show is treasures of a different caliper.

Lol!!! Darlene, I can do, have done, almost all kinds of bonsai. Except tropicals! Lol! It’s just that I prefer pines.

But for Shohin, to make a display you have to have a variety of species, Leaf shapes, styles, etc. So, I do have several different species in my Shohin collection. My big trees are all conifers, with the exception of a rare cultivar of Trident maple, and the olive.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Lol!!! Darlene, I can do, have done, almost all kinds of bonsai. Except tropicals! Lol! It’s just that I prefer pines.

But for Shohin, to make a display you have to have a variety of species, Leaf shapes, styles, etc. So, I do have several different species in my Shohin collection. My big trees are all conifers, with the exception of a rare cultivar of Trident maple, and the olive.

Showing shohin...you display multiple on a stand...then...this display here was it considered seperate from such a stand with many trees or...part of the group?

Does ones display mame then using simular rules... being so small...do you ever see mames on a stand with an accent or are they grouped together as many like shohin?

Yes...that Olive is mouth dropping. Can't picture the trident...surely I would recognize it.

Yes your passion for pines shines bright...but its likewise cool you have these up your sleeve.

 

[Adair M]

That was the “off the stand” tree. There’s the box stand that holds 5 trees, and then there’s the “off the box” tree. It’s optional. But, if it’s present, it needs to be exceptional. Because it gets more attention than any one tree in the box.

Here’s the whole display:

 

[Cadillactaste]

Very nice...love that Roy pot for the Azalea as well. Well done @Adair M! I thought that root stand may have been considered part of the entire display. Thanks for explaining.

 

[Adair M]

Showing shohin...you display multiple on a stand...then...this display here was it considered seperate from such a stand with many trees or...part of the group?

Does ones display mame then using simular rules... being so small...do you ever see mames on a stand with an accent or are they grouped together as many like shohin?

Yes...that Olive is mouth dropping. Can't picture the trident...surely I would recognize it.

Yes your passion for pines shines bright...but its likewise cool you have these up your sleeve.

Showing mame bonsai is just like showing larger Shohin. Except everything is smaller.

I’ve never posted a picture of the maple. It’s currently in an oversized pot. Undergoing root rehab. It’s on a board.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Thanks for offering us a glimps of that maple @Adair M ! No, I can't say I have ever seen it before.

So can a shohin/mame...be shown alone in a say...3 point display or always needing a grand set up such as what you showed with the shohin?