Dragon Workshop

Hi,
We had a great turnout today at our Wednesday Dragon workshop.


I trimmed and repotted my chinese juniper into a stone monkey's pot.

John worked on his scots pine.
He wanted to see if we agreed about removing the left hand branch.
Before.


Chris gives his thoughts.


John agreed and covered the branch. We all had another look.


John was sure and started to cut.


The end result...


part of the branch removed.

Gerwyn re-potted a juniper with a rotten base.
He fixed it onto a block of wood and used wood hardener to seal it.



John assisted as Gerwyn cut the block.


Trunk and block attached.


Gerwyn will use milliput filler to create a base on the juniper.

John, after reading the replies to the earlier post, https://ibonsaiclub.forumotion.com/bonsai-f1/hawthorn-raft-t2183.htm felt he needed to explain a little about the process he is undertaking with this raft.
He is allowing the apexes on the 2 smaller trunks to extend to achieve a better taper on each. He fully intends to reduce each once he has what he planned.

The raft has a long history, dug by John 9 years ago and given to a friend, the raft was a little neglected over the last few years. So when John took over ownership a year ago, there was a lot of catching up and cutting back to do.

I feel the progress the raft has made in the last 12 months in John's hands is very good.

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Hi Jeremy ,
Its great watching the workshop threads. I for sure will come along in the near future. .I try to get a couple of hrs on a Sat and Sun in the shed repoting at the moment.There seemed like so many to do and so little time. I try to not make the whole weekend about bonsai (even though i could quite easily do), as my son gets a bit fed up with me. I just wish you were all a bit closer and i would be more of a regular. If i could do family stuff in the morning i would love to just to pop along for the afternoon. I must confess though i'm a bit of a home boy on the weekends and loose the will to go travelling about.

i'm hoping to get something together that i can get some help with. it was originally going to be Larch i got from the auction but i couldn't wait and worked that one.

The beech group i got from the auction needs to go in a pot and as I can't afford one I'm going to get a slate . This would be a good project to bring down as i also want to move a few of the trees.

Would somebody have a grinder there to shape the slate?

Chris further refined his Avalon dreams display.




Next stop the Joy of Bonsai.

Great work guys, and some very nice material around you!

Regards
Morten

I've said it before and I'll say it again!! Such an enthusiastic bunch. Wish I was closer. I particularly like the deadwood on your Juniper

morten albek wrote:Great work guys, and some very nice material around you!

Thank you Morton.

will baddeley wrote:
I've said it before and I'll say it again!! Such an enthusiastic bunch. Wish I was closer. I particularly like the deadwood on your Juniper

Thanks Will,
It's our loss as well. We'd love to see you at our little polytunnel Workshops one day.
That dead wood is pretty good ain't it.
Hope I can do the foliage justice to go with it.

Looking forwards to meeting you at the Joy of Bosai.

Hi' guy's missed it again!

Thought's where with you, today..........

You're Blessed!

grtzz machiel!

littleart-fx wrote:Hi' guy's missed it again!
Thought's where with you, today..........
You're Blessed!
grtzz machiel!

Hi Michael,
You made me smile.
Thank you my friend.

Jeremy

Looks like you guys had a good one, no Karaoke then I take it mate

You will have to send me a picture of your juniper in the pot you had from me at the last Burrs, looks great

All the best

Andy

Jeremy, I love these workshop threads also. Please keep them coming.Wish I was closer too!

Hi guys!
Its always nice to see the dragons at work.
I salute you John for your courage to cut that branch1 as the saying goes, no guts no glory, the tree looks great.
Good idea Gerwyn, of replacing the rotten part of the base with a fresh block. I also encountered the same problem before but instead of wooden block, I used plaster of pariis, its easier to use and it will last longer, it wont rot.
Very nice juniper Jerry

Hi! Forgot to mention yesterday, did Gerwin use stainless screws?
If not the base will continue to rot cause of corrosion!

And yeah! good move on the pine, seems to be dancing now!

grtzz from holland, where buds slowely awake,....!

padychitan wrote:Hi guys!

......I salute you John for your courage to cut that branch1 as the saying goes, no guts no glory, the tree looks great.......Jerry

Well said.

Jerry,
Great to see the Dragon's in action once again. I really must try and get down to your place at some point this year. You guys really inspire me to get down and dirty with my trees more often although the wife might have something to say about it

Nice to see that the Noelander's raffle prize fitted the Monkey pot perfectly. Who would have thought it

Keep well the Dragons & I hope to see you in Bath,
Love, Peace & Bananas,
Simon

bonsai monkey wrote:Jerry,
Great to see the Dragon's in action once again. I really must try and get down to your place at some point this year. You guys really inspire me to get down and dirty with my trees more often although the wife might have something to say about it
Nice to see that the Noelander's raffle prize fitted the Monkey pot perfectly. Who would have thought it
Keep well the Dragons & I hope to see you in Bath,
Love, Peace & Bananas,
Simon

Simon,
Thanks for your encouragement.
When are you and Andy coming to see Dragon at Bonllwyn? You are alwayS welcome.
Tree and pot did work well I feel. Now to sort the foliage out.
See you at the J.O.B

Hi

padychitan wrote:Hi guys!
Its always nice to see the dragons at work.
I salute you John for your courage to cut that branch1 as the saying goes, no guts no glory, the tree looks great.

Pabling,
Thank you for posting
Good to hear from you my friend.
John as you know it a true gent. He has such a passion for the art and some great trees. Each one is being slowly refined.
Now and then John sees something or a Dragon memeber might suggest something to John. We are all open to hear others thoughts. We then as a group chew the fat and the owner can either act or delay acting, or say nah... we love to share our vision and ideas with one another.

padychitan wrote:Good idea Gerwyn, of replacing the rotten part of the base with a fresh block. I also encountered the same problem before but instead of wooden block, I used plaster of pariis, its easier to use and it will last longer, it wont rot.

Gerwyn used milliput an epoxy Putty
Milliput is a very hard, moldable putty that sets rock hard in an hour and is then you can carve, it will also take a stain.

Very nice juniper Jerry

Thank you.

Smithy wrote:Hi Jeremy ,
The beech group i got from the auction needs to go in a pot and as I can't afford one I'm going to get a slate . This would be a good project to bring down as i also want to move a few of the trees.
Would somebody have a grinder there to shape the slate?

Definitely could be arranged. Let us jnow when you are coming and I'll bring my grinder.

I put the beech group together a year ago, I wouldn't rush repotting it. I had planned to allow the trunks roots to fuse a little. Unless you plan to re-position the trunks, then forget all I said.

Stone Monkey wrote:Jeremy
You will have to send me a picture of your juniper in the pot you had from me at the last Burrs, looks great

Hi Andy.
Will do, once i have sorted out the foliage.

Jay wrote, "Jeremy, I love these workshop threads also. Please keep them coming.Wish I was closer too!"

Jay,
Thank you.
I feel blessed to be part of it.
Our workshops are a real breath of fresh air. We are all inspired by each other.

Dragon's, You are so fortunate to have your workshopsand friendships. It is so unfortunate we have nothing like it here. Good luck and keep up the good work.

ENVIOUS

You guys are doing great work! Love the Hawthorn and the display.
Greetings from New England!
Geof

".Dragon's, You are so fortunate to have your workshopsand friendships. It is so unfortunate we have nothing like it here. Good luck and keep up the good work".

Well said Tom, Its the workshops and freindship that realy binds these dragons together. In my more than two months stay in UK I never missed the Wednesday and Sunday events because of the workshops their warm and sincere friendship. For you guys who are only a few hundred miles from the dragons, you should try going there to feel this friendship and learn a lot of things about BONSAI.

Jeremy wrote:

Smithy wrote:Hi Jeremy ,
The beech group i got from the auction needs to go in a pot and as I can't afford one I'm going to get a slate . This would be a good project to bring down as i also want to move a few of the trees.
Would somebody have a grinder there to shape the slate?

Definitely could be arranged. Let us jnow when you are coming and I'll bring my grinder.

I put the beech group together a year ago, I wouldn't rush repotting it. I had planned to allow the trunks roots to fuse a little. Unless you plan to re-position the trunks, then forget all I said.

Thats nice to know you put the group together. I love it.

I do want to move a couple of the outside ones . I have reduced the height of the group as i thought some of the branches were too thick at the top and wanted to get the whole thing a bit more compact. I hope i haven't ruined your work.
I'm going to get a slate this weekend hopefully. I have a wedding to go to next week and then hopefully i will have some space to come down, if my boy allows me Not trees again Dad is the call i hear often.