Saturday 3 December 2011

Restyling of shimpaku juniper

Recently I´ve had an oportunity to make a restyling of this very promissing shimpaku juniper. The tree was imported from Japan around year 2000, in 2004 it was exhibited in czech national convention where it won a price as one of the top 10 of exhibition. Thanks to the restyling a good looking image was restored and the tree was brought one step further in its bonsai journey. The repotting is scheduled for the spring 2012, nice round lotos-shape pot is already waiting for new occupant :-).

V uplynulých dnech jsem pracoval na tomto velmi kvalitním jalovci čínském "shimpaku". Strom byl importován z Japonska před zhruba 10 lety, v roce 2004 byl vystaven na národní výstavě ČBA, kde obdržel ocenění jako jeden z top 10 stromů. Přetvarováním strom opět získal působivý vzhled a na své bonsajové cestě urazil další krok. Na jaro 2012 je plánováno přesazení do kulaté misky lotosovitého tvaru.


2004 - Czech national convention held in Pilsen

2004 - výstava ČBA v Plzni


2011 december - tree before & after, 2+ possible fronts, I like the 1st one more, though

2011 prosinec - strom před/po, 2 z možných pohledovek, první je můj favorit

Height/Výška: 57 cm
Owner/Majitel: Antonín Ondráš
Whole photoprogression on my website/Celá reportáž na Bonsai Rožnov.

4 comments:

  1. You brought the tree to life again! Good work!

    I think I like the second front more, because the life vein has more movement. And if you would reposition the first branch on the right a bit it would look perfect.

    Regards, Nik

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  2. Superb job!
    I like it from both sides.
    One thing-isnt the top too much heavy?
    Martin

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  3. Thanks for the comments, guys! The final decision regarding the front will be made together with client, it will be his choice :-).
    Martin, the top just seems to be heavy, in reality it´s not a big deal, you will see it in person very soon, anyway.

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