Wednesday, August 10, 2016
ATTENTION: BONSAI ENTHUSIASTS IN CHENNAI !
'BODHI' - The Chennai Bonsai Association
Proudly presents
BONSAI EXHIBITION, DEMONSTRATION, WORKSHOP & SALE OF BONSAI PLANTS
for two days
ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 & SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 2016
Venue for all the activities:
SRI SANKARA HALL (A/c), T T K Road, Alwarpet, CHENNAI
DAY ONE - August 27 2016
Inauguration at 10 am
Chief Guest: Mr FUKAO Junichi, Resarcher/Adviser, Consulate-General of Japan
Guest of Honour: Mr M R Ranganathan, Chairman, ABK-DOSOKAI, Chennai
ALL ARE WELCOME
Followed by:
BONSAI DEMONSTRATION - PENJING (Group planting)
An art of creating landscape using rocks, soil, water & miniature trees
By Bonsai Master Manoj Kumar from New Delhi
Fees: Rs 1500/- (includes Working Lunch & Beverages)
Please register your name - 9840273708
(Programme for Day Two will follow)
'BODHI' - The Chennai Bonsai Association
Proudly presents
BONSAI EXHIBITION, DEMONSTRATION, WORKSHOP & SALE OF BONSAI PLANTS
for two days
ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 & SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 2016
Venue for all the activities:
SRI SANKARA HALL (A/c), T T K Road, Alwarpet, CHENNAI
DAY ONE - August 27 2016
Inauguration at 10 am
Chief Guest: Mr FUKAO Junichi, Resarcher/Adviser, Consulate-General of Japan
Guest of Honour: Mr M R Ranganathan, Chairman, ABK-DOSOKAI, Chennai
ALL ARE WELCOME
Followed by:
BONSAI DEMONSTRATION - PENJING (Group planting)
An art of creating landscape using rocks, soil, water & miniature trees
By Bonsai Master Manoj Kumar from New Delhi
Fees: Rs 1500/- (includes Working Lunch & Beverages)
Please register your name - 9840273708
(Programme for Day Two will follow)
Thursday, August 4, 2016
Monday, August 1, 2016
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Thursday, July 14, 2016
My visit to Pacific Bonsai Museum, Seattle
Pacific Bonsai Museum, situated 23 miles south of Seattle, is an unforgettable place to visit, enjoy and learn the living art of bonsai.
Nestled amidst towering conifers, Pacific Bonsai Museum features traditional and contemporary bonsai with the elegance of a fine art museum.
The collection boasts over 100 bonsai trees from China, Japan, Canada, Korea, Taiwan and America, 60 of which are on display, and the rest held in reserve.
Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands, opened the collection in 1989. At the end of 2013, Weyerhaeuser gifted the collection to the non-profit Pacific Bosai Museum.
Many of the trees are well known, featured in books and magazines, several have won awards, and many are works by famous artists.
I had an opportunity to visit this great museum. When I visited the Pacific Bonsai Museum on 9th July 2016, I saw an unusual combination of bonsai and painted skate decks (deck of a skateboard). The skate decks, painted by urban muralists, replace the traditional hanging scroll used in bonsai display.
In Japan, the traditional focal point of tokonoma is the bonsai. The scroll has the power to draw the viewer into a deeper state of mind.
The 'skate deck scroll' in the bonsai display works together with the 'accent plant' to establish a specific story or idea.
Nestled amidst towering conifers, Pacific Bonsai Museum features traditional and contemporary bonsai with the elegance of a fine art museum.
The collection boasts over 100 bonsai trees from China, Japan, Canada, Korea, Taiwan and America, 60 of which are on display, and the rest held in reserve.
Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands, opened the collection in 1989. At the end of 2013, Weyerhaeuser gifted the collection to the non-profit Pacific Bosai Museum.
Many of the trees are well known, featured in books and magazines, several have won awards, and many are works by famous artists.
I had an opportunity to visit this great museum. When I visited the Pacific Bonsai Museum on 9th July 2016, I saw an unusual combination of bonsai and painted skate decks (deck of a skateboard). The skate decks, painted by urban muralists, replace the traditional hanging scroll used in bonsai display.
In Japan, the traditional focal point of tokonoma is the bonsai. The scroll has the power to draw the viewer into a deeper state of mind.
The 'skate deck scroll' in the bonsai display works together with the 'accent plant' to establish a specific story or idea.
Tropical Bonsai in Glasshouse
Outdoor Bonsai
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| Saikei showing the juxtaposition of European Mountain Pine with Japanese Coastal Spruce |
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| Bonsai, accent plant and painted skate deck, which takes the place of the traditional scroll |
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| 100 year old Trident Maple bonsai originally from Japan |
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