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[IBC] BT#84 Takagi pot comp wonderings
Dale...
Personally I would be very interested in seeing a potter or several potters presented with a tree and allow them to each develop their pottery vision for the same tree. I think in my mind that would do more to push the boundaries of bonsai pottery while still remaining complimentary to the tree and true to the art. In other words the pot was developed for the sake of the tree and not for the sake of the pot itself. Don't get me wrong I love non-bonsai pottery but this concept of developing from the ground up a pot for a specific tree I think is very exciting. Makes me want to take up the art of pottery. With that in mind I'd rather see the potters pushing into pots that relate to one another in a 3-point display and especially as Andy outlined a "new" type of display. I may be giving up an original idea or perhaps someone has already done it but I always thought a cypress swamp in pot would be incredible. Andy mentioned Spanish moss...imagine the whole swamp with stumps and knees poking out of the water and spanish moss in the style of a land and water pot but with most or all water....sort of a swampy water-filled forest style. The pot created for such a display as well as some of the other displays to me is more interesting than some of the original pots of this thread. Bil == Andy, and others, == How do you feel about this springs "Bonsai InSites" display at the == national == arboretum where selected famous potters were asked to design a pot for a == tree selected up front as one to be used for each potter. In other == words, == the potter had pictures and measurements of the trees he was creating == the == pot for. A couple of them did wind up getting other trees planted in == them == at a later date after original pics were taken. == I was VERY interested in this. All of the pots were great technically == challenging works, although I didn't like a couple of the designs, and == I == thought a few just in no way were made with planting a living tree in == mind. == However,Some matched wonderfully to the chosen tree. == Regards, == Dale ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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