Jim Lewis wrote:

snip

The display stands/pedestals may be of traditional
design,
but special consideration will be given to those that
interact
with the
bonsai in novel and imaginative ways.


Hmm.

As the husband of an award-winning sculptor -- though one who
hasn't sculpted for a while (and who is off judging a
dressage
show so isn't here to speak for herself) -- I think I would
take
exception to calling a stand for a bonsai a "sculpture," much
less a work of art. A stand is -- by definition ("enhance
the
visual and emotional impact OF SELECTED BONSAI") --
subservient
to that which sits upon it. A work of art which CHOOSES to
be
subservient is no more than a decoration, if that.

A sculpture should be _at least_ the equal to a bonsai as a
work
of art, not something for another work of art to squat upon.

It would be like asking for a painting as a work of art to
serve
as the "background" for a bonsai.

Pfooie!

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only
where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape
and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect
it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.

Ah, out comes the curmudgeon from his hiding place! Jim, this
isn't any different
than pot competitions. I think it's a great idea. I may even
enter the contest.
So, double Pfooie!! ;0}

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

Hmph. And TRIPLE Pfooie!

Sculpture is a FINE art. Pots ain't. Pots are a CRAFT and a
damned fine one, but pots are made specifically to put something
IN (even though for many, because of their beauty, nothing ever
gets put in them (and I wonder how the pot feels about _this_ --
not living up to its "life's" duty). Sculpture is NOT made to be
a pedestal. In fact, much sculpture itself sits upon a pedestal.

Anyway, there's a heckuva big difference between sculpture and
pottery, and this is advertised as a SCULPTURE competition, when
it should have been touted as a designing a stand competition
(another honorable CRAFT).

Enter if you wish, but, like a daiza isn't ART, neither is this!

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.

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