Keith Kitoi Taylor pot

[Cadillactaste]

VERY unique pot by Keith Kitoi Taylor. 2.6" tall by 3.75" wide. Seller stated toward the end of auction to me in PM ,"I think Kitoi only made a few of these a few years ago around halloween. Maybe 2 or 3. Pretty cool pot." Then went on to say, "Kitoi doesn't make many only a few times a year." So I'm glad I was able to pick up this small pot.

• Anyone wish to say what they see planted in it? I'm at a loss..."it may just be a shelf sitter for a good while until something screams at me."
  
  
  

 

[Cypress187]

Is this for an accent plant or mame / small tree? And is that stand also part of the pot? I was thinking about some gnarly tree (trying to escape the pot) perhaps:

 

[Cadillactaste]

Is this for an accent plant or mame / small tree? And is that stand also part of the pot? I was thinking about some gnarly tree (trying to escape the pot) perhaps:

Just the pot...but you now may have me looking for a stand. Lol seller suggested a pine or an oak was his thoughts on planting. So I'm thinking small tree.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Is this stand...to matchy matchy? Should a stand be darker? @Adair M or anyone else who shows... (No intentions of showing just wish a nice display in my own backyard.)

@Cypress187 see what you started...lol

 

[Adair M]

Is this stand...to matchy matchy? Should a stand be darker? @Adair M or anyone else who shows... (No intentions of showing just wish a nice display in my own backyard.)

@Cypress187 see what you started...lol
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Well, the metal feet do pick up the metal theme in the staples of the pot.

 

[Vance Wood]

Is this for an accent plant or mame / small tree? And is that stand also part of the pot? I was thinking about some gnarly tree (trying to escape the pot) perhaps:

Holy Smokes! You have a great opportunity to make a really nice tree out of this guy. You could improve the tree one-thousand fold if you detailed the top and made it look like a tree instead of a bush. It appears that you have everything there to make a beautiful piece of art work at of the tree, you just need to do it.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Well, the metal feet do pick up the metal theme in the staples of the pot.

Maybe to much so? Does it steal the show off the pot...

 

[GrimLore]

Is this stand...to matchy matchy? Should a stand be darker?

That pot will stand out on its own. Instead of a stand think simple perhaps a slightly darker wood slab or board and in the fall setting it on some nice colorful leafs freashly fallen in the woods.

Grimmy

 

[Cypress187]

You.

It's not mine

see what you started...

I also like it on it's own, but not much to compare it with.

 

[Vance Wood]

That pot will stand out on its own. Instead of a stand think simple perhaps a slightly darker wood slab or board and in the fall setting it on some nice colorful leafs freashly fallen in the woods.

Grimmy

I agree here. If you go with the metal footed stand you will create an image where the viewer will, if interested, try to figure out if the tree and the stand are part of a single item. It will stand out like chocolate on chocolate. If however you put the pot on something that contrasts with it you will set the pot off and if you put a beautiful tree in the pot you will set off the whole thing effectively.

 

[M. Frary]

I'll just come right out and say it.
I don't like either the pot or the stand.
Looks like a hole in the pot was attempted to be fixed with staples and the pigtail feet on the stand look like they were put on as an afterthought.
What do you put in the pot? Something Frankensteinish?
Maybe a tree held together by wires and nuts and bolts?
I'm more of a traditional bonsai guy I suppose but lately I'm seeing more of these weird pots. A lot look like they were made by children.

 

[Vance Wood]

I like your reply Mike, I am not sure I totally agree with it though. It kind of depends on what gets put in it, and I am not so sure I would reject it out of hand. However I do agree with you stating your point of view; it is well thought out and seems to express your mind at the moment on the issue. There is nothing worng with not agreeing with someone. If we all agreed all of the time it would be a boring place around here.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

A stumpy, gnarly cork-bark elm that looks like a witch tree.

It will have to be a little big for the pot, too, because the scar on the pot is an extremely strong element that the tree will have to balance. Might even be cool to have some roots coming through the hole in the pot as well...

 

[Decoy Octopus]

Looks like a deflated football.

Has anyone done a mame forest? Not sure if it could really be done, but I can see five (tiny) elms in this thing. Experimental pot, experimental tree?

 

[Cadillactaste]

A stumpy, gnarly cork-bark elm that looks like a witch tree.

It will have to be a little big for the pot, too, because the scar on the pot is an extremely strong element that the tree will have to balance. Might even be cool to have some roots coming through the hole in the pot as well...

Thanks! I do like that cultivar as well...and less scary than pines. (Yeah...pines scare me)

Thanks appreciate your line of thought...I can roll with it.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Thanks everyone! Just got back from the vet with a scare from one of the pups...everything is fine but he not only scared me...but also ones in the waiting room. But...appreciate all the food for thought that was offered. And I totally agree with Vance...that Mike is allowed to his opinion as anyone else. The world would be boring if we all thought alike.

 

[Vance Wood]

The pot and the appearance of others of the same ilk, they will become popular and spread or they will fade away.

 

[Cadillactaste]

The pot and the appearance of others of the same ilk, they will become popular and spread or they will fade away.

I just like quirky pieces...even if it only sits on the shelf. It's unique if nothing else. Could be a fad...but it's not what sold me on it. Just that it spoke to me. So even if they fade out...it's not bothersome to me in the least. But I do see that in some pots being made...I so get what your saying.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Well now...it may just be a shelf sitter.

 

[GrimLore]

Well now...it may just be a shelf sitter.

This is not a great picture but Crystal has taken a few of my very small pots/trays and added stone and air plants. They live anywhere in the house and take little to no space... Again, sitting proper somewhere they look pretty good. Also, the plants get watered outside of the container so you preserve the container as the one on the right...



Grimmy