Winter Bonsai Silhouette Expo, December 2-3, 2017, North Carolina

[Dav4]

 

[Dav4]

 

[Dav4]

 

[Dav4]

 

[Tidal Bonsai]

What is that pine displayed with? Is that stained glass? That is super cool!

 

[Eric Group]

Looks like Dave covered most of it.. I will add some pics too, some may be repeats of his.

 

[Eric Group]

 

[Lars Grimm]

Which trees ended up winning the prizes?

 

[MACH5]

Which trees ended up winning the prizes?

Here you go Lars. This was taken from Bill's Facebook page. I don't recall individual names but Adair's pine won best conifer and Tom Bjornholm's American hornbeam for best in show!

Best of Show- Tropical
Willowleaf fig

Best of Show- Conifer
Japanese White Pine

Best of Show- Deciduous
American hornbeam

Best of Show- Display
Princess persimmon

American Bonsai Society Award- Native
American hornbeam display



Congrats to all the winners. Really nice show!! Great to see many of you there and a good time was had by all.

 

[Dav4]

Here you go Lars. This was taken from Bill's Facebook page. I don't recall individual names but Adair's pine won best conifer and Tom Bjornholm's American hornbeam for best in show!

Best of Show- Tropical
Willowleaf fig

Best of Show- Conifer
Japanese White Pine

Best of Show- Deciduous
American hornbeam

Best of Show- Display
Princess persimmon

American Bonsai Society Award- Native
American hornbeam display

Congrats to all the winners. Really nice show!! Great to see many of you there and a good time was had by all.

 

[bonsaidave]

Some really great looking trees thanks for sharing. I really like the setup with the horizontal tree. Different and fun.
https://www.bonsainut.com/attachments/2bd154e1-e384-45d4-9f21-ca6e4390a71f-jpeg.169255/

 

[MACH5]

Some really great looking trees thanks for sharing. I really like the setup with the horizontal tree. Different and fun.
https://www.bonsainut.com/attachments/2bd154e1-e384-45d4-9f21-ca6e4390a71f-jpeg.169255/

Yes, that was Rodney Clemons' display. I would have preferred to have the main tree on a taller stand or accent much lower. But it was definitely a different and eye catching design.

 

[Dav4]

Some really great looking trees thanks for sharing. I really like the setup with the horizontal tree. Different and fun.
https://www.bonsainut.com/attachments/2bd154e1-e384-45d4-9f21-ca6e4390a71f-jpeg.169255/

Rodney Clemons put that one together. He collected that pond cypress, and it apparently had been growing like that when he found it.

 

[yenling83]

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Here you go Lars. This was taken from Bill's Facebook page. I don't recall individual names but Adair's pine won best conifer and Tom Bjornholm's American hornbeam for best in show!

Best of Show- Tropical
Willowleaf fig

Best of Show- Conifer
Japanese White Pine

Best of Show- Deciduous
American hornbeam

Best of Show- Display
Princess persimmon

American Bonsai Society Award- Native
American hornbeam display



Congrats to all the winners. Really nice show!! Great to see many of you there and a good time was had by all.

Huge Congrats to @Adair M on Best of Show!!!

 

[Lars Grimm]

Rodney Clemons put that one together. He collected that pond cypress, and it apparently had been growing like that when he found it.

It got my vote.

 

[Lars Grimm]

I think the forest is interesting because the main tree is in the very center, when usually I see the dominant tree off center. The secondary/tertiary trees lend asymmetry, but it seems to the break the 'rules.'

 

[Lars Grimm]

Yes, that was Rodney Clemons' display. I would have preferred to have the main tree on a taller stand or accent much lower. But it was definitely a different and eye catching design.

Interesting thought. In nature you would expect the cypress to be very low with palms growing up in the upraised areas around it. I agree though that to my bonsai sensibilities, the cypress should be higher up.

 

[MACH5]

Got home late last night after a very long trip home. Made it back in one piece and no speeding tickets!! But more importantly the babies made it all back great. To the right, I picked up a sweet bunjin red pine in a hand made Tofukuji pot from Juan Adrade.

 

[MACH5]

Interesting thought. In nature you would expect the cypress to be very low with palms growing up in the upraised areas around it. I agree though that to my bonsai sensibilities, the cypress should be higher up.

Yes because the largest item should take prominence in the total composition. This is not a matter of following "the rules" but more how we perceive and categorize things visually.

 

[Dav4]

Yes, that was Rodney Clemons' display. I would have preferred to have the main tree on a taller stand or accent much lower. But it was definitely a different and eye catching design.

Interesting thought. In nature you would expect the cypress to be very low with palms growing up in the upraised areas around it. I agree though that to my bonsai sensibilities, the cypress should be higher up.

I spoke to Rodney at length about this. He said he was torn with how he should place the cypress in relation to the palm while trying to create a display representing the floor of the Everglades with the fallen cypress being the key element. A smaller, shorter Sago palm would have probably worked better. If anything, he wishes he had been able to raise all the elements about 18" so the viewing audience wouldn't have to bend over to see everything.