STRANGE LITERATI

This is a Premna with very strange lines. I found it very challenging and might turn into a unique literati. Very hard to find a suitable container for it to obtain nice composition with good visual balance, especially because of the very unusual base position...let's see how it goes with the natural rock container...







Any comment ?

Hi Robert.
from the first picture I thought is was just a foot or two feet high, but it is a monster literati. The rock pot is nice too, but a bigger size I think will suit it best.

Thanks for sharing.

regards,
jun

Yes Jun, that's why I bought it...for nothing because no one wanted it..
I am not satisfied yet with the container and still try to figure out; but for sure not with normal ceramic pot. Any idea ?..or maybe I should order the container from you then...

Strange indeed, rotating though did help make it more interesting.
If it doesn't work out you can make big cuttings from it.

jun wrote:Hi Robert.
from the first picture I thought is was just a foot or two feet high, but it is a monster literati. The rock pot is nice too, but a bigger size I think will suit it best.

Thanks for sharing.

regards,
jun

Same here! I always assume those premna are small, what a surprise. Crap, I just remembered the P. japonica in my parents' yard - forgot to look at it. I'll be back in January.

Hello Robert

I can see a piece of art in it....not just a bonsai.
Planted together with (or better to say through) an old rusty plate.
The pot is hidden behind the plate.
Maybe you like it.

Kind regards
Martin

Klaudia & Martin wrote:Hello Robert

I can see a piece of art in it....not just a bonsai.
Planted together with (or better to say through) an old rusty plate.
The pot is hidden behind the plate.
Maybe you like it.

Kind regards
Martin

Wow!! Very cool. Great idea. Innovative.

Great idea Martin. How if I make the plate in irregular shape with some contour and bends..then I can hang it on the wall....
Thanks for the great idea....



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Robert,

Very nice composition. It reminds me of some natural premna trees I saw in Dream Land Beach, Bali. Unfortunately, Suharto's son ruined the natural/rugged beauty of Dream Land to turn it into a cement resort!!

Regards,

Carlos

Thanks Carlos. In fact this is how it originally grew on the cliff....

I absolutely love this - but I am sure I can hear the sound of the purists turning in their graves somewhere. So what? You have created something novel and, as Rob says, innovative.

It reminds me somehow of a praying mantis.

fiona wrote:I absolutely love this - but I am sure I can hear the sound of the purists turning in their graves somewhere. So what? You have created something novel and, as Rob says, innovative.

It reminds me somehow of a praying mantis.

Thanks Fiona. I should thanks to Martin for his great idea on the metal plate container, I will certainly make it.
Praying mantis..ya..I saw it in "Kungfu Panda"...

Dear Robert,

A Bonsai hanging on the wall is really a very unique idea, mind if I borrow that idea?

Btw, keep posting your materials, I love them all!

Regards,

Derick

Hi Robert and all.

How about returning the tree to its natural habitat...a cliff.




regards,
jun

Derrick,

In China, it's called Bigua Penjing (Wall-hanging penjing).
Here what I did for my Pemphis which I sent for the 2005 BCI Convention in China and won the Bronze Award.

Very nice Jun, then will be another giant creation...

Now that's a Stunner!

Bigua Penjing... there's always something new to learn here!

Regards,

Derick

Pack it in in your luggage...You can use it here as the demo tree. hehehe.

regards,
jun

jun wrote:Pack it in in your luggage...You can use it here as the demo tree. hehehe.

regards,
jun

Haha.. I have no problem to bring you some nice Yamadori, but the problem is I will be flying from China and I can't bring into China. Anyway, I will bring you one of my Super mame Premna; for the big one, I wait till to visit me....
We have tons of nice literati materials..any size...

Robert/Jun,

Is there a definite date already for Robert's visit here so that I could mark it on my calendar?

Derick

I will arrive on 11th Feb. and our program will be on 12th. For details, contact Jun.... Hope to meet you in Manila, Derrick....

Dear Robert,

Looking forward to your visit here, it would be an honor to meet you!

Dear Jun,

Bro, kindly pm me the details, thanks... how's the development of your Agohos? I still can't get a decent material of this species...

Regards,

Derick

dexworks wrote:Dear Robert,

Looking forward to your visit here, it would be an honor to meet you!

Dear Jun,

Bro, kindly pm me the details, thanks... how's the development of your Agohos? I still can't get a decent material of this species...

Regards,

Derick

Derick and other IBC pinoys,

We're still arranging the details. I sent you the PM.

regards,
jun

Robert Steven wrote:

jun wrote:Pack it in in your luggage...You can use it here as the demo tree. hehehe.

regards,
jun

Haha.. I have no problem to bring you some nice Yamadori, but the problem is I will be flying from China and I can't bring into China. Anyway, I will bring you one of my Super mame Premna; for the big one, I wait till to visit me....
We have tons of nice literati materials..any size...

Tons of Literati! must be in heaven.

No wonder why you are not running out of challenging materials for us to think about. Thanks for the Super Mame It will be an honor to have one of the trees touched by you...

regards,
jun

Hello Robert

You are very welcome....

Great idea Martin. How if I make the plate in irregular shape with some contour and bends..then I can hang it on the wall....

Great idea Robert. Personally I would stay with the square shape of the plate, I like the strong contrast in it. But this is something to one's taste and also the design of the bonsaigarden/-area.

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A very nice idea....but I haven't one!

@fiona

It reminds me somehow of a praying mantis.

Oh yes, me too! I was thinking to put something like a "mantis sratch/-draw" onto the plate

@jun

How about returning the tree to its natural habitat...a cliff.

Wow ...great drawing...very nice! This will look great, too!

Kind regards
Martin