Sei Boku Bonsai Kai, San Mateo , California

Hello all,
27th Annual Show of Sei Boku bonsai Kai club show was held at the San Mateo Garden Center on June 5-6,so the pictures are so fresh , hope you like it .

Thanks for the very generous posting of so many bonsai. There was much to enjoy.

Mehrdad
Thanks for attending our annual exhibit and posting the images.

Best Regards

Mike

Any of those your's Mike? The boxwood planting looks familiar.

Thanks for posting.
I see a couple familiar pots

Dale

RichLewis wrote:Any of those your's Mike? The boxwood planting looks familiar.

The Kingsville box saikei was done by member Vangie Schmidt.

I recognise 2 of your Junipes Mike. The very slanted one and the literati. Have you thinned out the literati?

The tree is a common landscape juniper I collected about 25 years ago. It has been extensively carved. The pot is a Shigaraki from the 1970's. The scroll is a sumi-e image of Daruma Buddha. The rock is a Northern California river stone.

The backdrop is 5 feet tall and the table is 6 feet long.

will baddeley wrote:I recognise 2 of your Junipes Mike. The very slanted one and the literati. Have you thinned out the literati?

Will
Yes, I have thinned out the literati. Looking for minimalist bunjin.

The first tree, a Coastal Redwood I assume, is really cool. Very artistic and nicely presented. Who says a bonsai has to look like a tree.

Rob Kempinski wrote:The first tree, a Coastal Redwood I assume, is really cool. Very artistic and nicely presented. Who says a bonsai has to look like a tree.

Rob, that tree belongs to member Tim Kong. Tim finds some great material out in the woods, and has the imagination to make the best use.
Tim is a retired school teacher who has built up a reputation as a very good bonsai teacher. Tim taught elementary school, and has a way with kids. No one is better than Tim when it comes to teaching bonsai to young people.

Large satsuki azalea. We were lucky that the satsuki blooming season was delayed by a cold spell.

Bouganvillea

Here's a view of the exhibit room.

Chris Cochrane wrote:Thanks for the very generous posting of so many bonsai. There was much to enjoy.

Chris , that's my pleasure , I am glad you enjoyed the pictures .

mike page wrote:Mehrdad
Thanks for attending our annual exhibit and posting the images.

Best Regards

Mike

Mike, that was my honor to be in your club show & talk with you, I really love your trees & your job as well as other club members, I should thank you for addressing the owners of trees & attaching more pictures, (with better quality, do you use a flash? because I don’t use flash so often & maybe that’s way my pictures are a little dark)
Mehrdad

Dale Cochoy wrote:Thanks for posting.
I see a couple familiar pots

Dale

Dale, your pots are really nice, just a perfect match with mikes trees, awesome job, congratulations.

Rob Kempinski wrote:The first tree, a Coastal Redwood I assume, is really cool. Very artistic and nicely presented. Who says a bonsai has to look like a tree.

Rob , that tree was in the same club show , last year, here is how it looked like last year[img]http://i62.servimg[url=https://servimg.com/view/14526655/46].com/u/f62/14/52/66/55/dscf5810.jpg[/img][/url]h

Beautiful Pictures, nice work everyone.

mehrdad chavosh wrote:

mike page wrote:Mehrdad
Thanks for attending our annual exhibit and posting the images.

Best Regards

Mike

Mike, that was my honor to be in your club show & talk with you, I really love your trees & your job as well as other club members, I should thank you for addressing the owners of trees & attaching more pictures, (with better quality, do you use a flash? because I don’t use flash so often & maybe that’s way my pictures are a little dark)
Mehrdad

Mehrdad
Yes, I use a flash. I like to get an original image that's somewhat bright and contrasty. Then if necessary, I can tone it down using Photoshop. It always gives a better result to tone down an image than to try to boost it up.

Very nice show. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Jerry
www.bonsaihunk.us