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[IBC] bonsai artificial tree?
My grandmother came back to the U.S. and had in her treasures a
little bonsai tree, with flowers, leaves, and fruit? of glass (looks like jade, but Im pretty sure its glass). The tree is embedded in ornamental rock and in a ceramic 6 sided pot. It is a single trunk and is wind swept against a wind like at the coast. what style of art is this? I dont dare move the branches as its pretty old. It would be fun to shape one, and Id like to find out what art this is, and purchase a newer one. Some folks call these "Ming Trees," and if it is old and authentic it probably IS jade. If it is, though these aren't my cup of tea, it's fairly valuable -- assuming nothing is broken off of it. You can tell jade from glass by the fact that it almost always feels cold to the touch. Glass warms up readily when you hold it. (Jade will too, but S L O W L Y.) Sometimes these have "flowers" of other semi-precious stones in the foliage. How long ago did she bring this back? From Japan, or from China? Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry David Thoreau - Walden ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] bonsai artificial tree?
Hi, Muggle (Great Name!)
I bought one of these at Gump's in San Francisco almost 20 years ago. They usually are jade or other semi-precios stones. Back then, a tiny one was around $50, and there were much larger and more complex trees available. Regards, Bart ----- Original Message ----- From: "muggle" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 12:50 PM Subject: [IBC] bonsai artificial tree? My grandmother came back to the U.S. and had in her treasures a little bonsai tree, with flowers, leaves, and fruit? of glass (looks like jade, but Im pretty sure its glass). The tree is embedded in ornamental rock and in a ceramic 6 sided pot. It is a single trunk and is wind swept against a wind like at the coast. what style of art is this? I dont dare move the branches as its pretty old. It would be fun to shape one, and Id like to find out what art this is, and purchase a newer one. ************************************************** ************************** **** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ************************** **** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] bonsai artificial tree?
From: Jim Lewis
Date: 2003/03/05 Wed AM 09:21:19 EST To: Subject: [IBC] bonsai artificial tree? but I did a search for them and found nothing on the web -- well one site, but . . . I see them on E-Bay all the time, usually filling up my search when I am looking for bonsai related stuff. I even see a few books on making them with wire & beads. I just put bead and beaded in my words to exclude list and they go away Len PLEASE NOTE MY NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS: http://www.bonsairi.com http://www.rhodeislandbonsaisociety.org ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] bonsai artificial tree?
but I did a search for them and found nothing on the web -- well one site, but . . . I see them on E-Bay all the time, usually filling up my search when I am looking for bonsai related stuff. I even see a few books on making them with wire & beads. I just put bead and beaded in my words to exclude list and they go away Yet ANOTHER reason to avoid e-bay like it was plague! Wire and beads do not a Ming tree make. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry David Thoreau - Walden ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] bonsai artificial tree?
muggle wrote:
My grandmother came back to the U.S. and had in her treasures a little bonsai tree, with flowers, leaves, and fruit? of glass (looks like jade, but Im pretty sure its glass). The tree is embedded in ornamental rock and in a ceramic 6 sided pot. It is a single trunk and is wind swept against a wind like at the coast. what style of art is this? I dont dare move the branches as its pretty old. It would be fun to shape one, and Id like to find out what art this is, and purchase a newer one. Just did a search on Ebay using "glass bonsai tree" and came up with a 1/2 dozen or so for sale. I see them all the time on Ebay. I actually try to stop them from comming up in my searches by using "glass" and "bead(s)" exclude words! They are very nice looking though, just don't need another thing to collect. ;-) Len PLEASE NOTE MY NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS: http://www.bonsairi.com http://www.rhodeislandbonsaisociety.org ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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