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8th November 2012, 06:29 PM
Source: http://www.bonsaimirai.com/portfolio/lodgepole-pine-01.html
ierra Nevada
Lodgepole Pine
No. 01
This Lodgepole pine was collected by Ryan Neil back when he was attending college on the central coast of California. Having apprenticed for six year with Mr. Kimura, most people don’t realize Ryan got his start in bonsai working with well-known Colorado yamadori collector Harold Sasaki. Harold took Ryan under his wing and showed him all he knew about successfully collecting wild trees. During his time in college, Ryan would take long weekends in the spring and fall to head to the Sierra Nevadas in search of stunted and contorted pines and junipers. On one such trip he had the good fortune of stumbling across this pine.
At the time of collection Ryan had no idea what could be done to make the tree into a bonsai. However, with the incredible movement in the trunk and the abundance of branches it wasn’t worth passing up. During his time in Japan Ryan frequently looked at pictures of the tree and envisioned a variety of possibilities but it wasn’t until he was finished with his apprenticeship that he decided it was time to give the pine its first styling.
Only ten months after its first working, the Lodgepole pine has developed quite nicely. Although difficult to see in pictures, bonsai inevitably grow into their designs and adjust themselves to the direction an artist gives them. It’s within this give and take relationship great bonsai are born. The direction and future of this old pine seem very very bright!
ierra Nevada
Lodgepole Pine
No. 01
This Lodgepole pine was collected by Ryan Neil back when he was attending college on the central coast of California. Having apprenticed for six year with Mr. Kimura, most people don’t realize Ryan got his start in bonsai working with well-known Colorado yamadori collector Harold Sasaki. Harold took Ryan under his wing and showed him all he knew about successfully collecting wild trees. During his time in college, Ryan would take long weekends in the spring and fall to head to the Sierra Nevadas in search of stunted and contorted pines and junipers. On one such trip he had the good fortune of stumbling across this pine.
At the time of collection Ryan had no idea what could be done to make the tree into a bonsai. However, with the incredible movement in the trunk and the abundance of branches it wasn’t worth passing up. During his time in Japan Ryan frequently looked at pictures of the tree and envisioned a variety of possibilities but it wasn’t until he was finished with his apprenticeship that he decided it was time to give the pine its first styling.
Only ten months after its first working, the Lodgepole pine has developed quite nicely. Although difficult to see in pictures, bonsai inevitably grow into their designs and adjust themselves to the direction an artist gives them. It’s within this give and take relationship great bonsai are born. The direction and future of this old pine seem very very bright!