Home made Jiitas for displaying my shohin trees

Wales is a couple of weeks away yet,
and yes, have to watch my step with those,
no, CBI check came back clean....

I've just finished tweaking my pictures taken at the BSA show this weekend.

The quality of the trees and displays was fantastic and a credit to the the organisers and everyone that took the time and effort to travel and put together such a great show.

Here are a few of my stands in use:

Fiona's gorgeous Winter flowering Jasmine on a ne taku



John Armitages composition, (my favourite from the show), perched on a delicate Doug Mudd cascade stand sat on a Sycamore ji ita board



Peter Warrens aged White Pine in an antique chinese pot, pure class, the bark texture was incredible.



John Armitages Azalea on an oak ne taku



Grahams Korean Hornbeam, sorry for cutting off the tree but the mahogany root stand didn't show up particularly well on the full shot



My Hinoki (recently purchased from one of the chaps at our club) on a burr oak ji ita board.



My Potentilla on the elm root stand shown in my last post



I'll post some pictures of the lovely accent plantings etc used at the show tomorrow.

Cheers

John

Your stands were a delight to behold at the weekend "Other Trev" and I'm so glad that I managed to win your kindly donated stand.
All I need now is a tree of high enough standard to grace it.

Keep up the good work buddy,
Regards,
Simon

Thanks very much Si, glad to hear your pots sold well.
Have you tried your award winning lonicera on the root stand ? would be nice to see a picture of them together.

Cheers

John

wonderful john. something to be proud of.

best wishes, sam

Not another one I hear you saying.

I've just killed my dremmel and have ordered a new one, so I've found time to add a picture of my latest stand....and a visitor to my garden.

This is the before shot, a bottom rail from an old door frame



The finished stand is approximately 150mm diameter x 42mm high



It takes around 8 hours in total from start to finish to make one of these.





This was taken around 7.00am this morning, I took 4 shots in total with the flash and he/she never flinched....appearing to pose for this one

Luckily Rocky the one eyed Robin wasn't around or it could have ended in tears !



Regards

John

WOW !!!

best wishes, sam

My new dremmel arrived last week which gave me chance to finish off 4 new stands that I'd been working on.




Top stand is English oak, 245mm x 215mm x 25mm
Bottom stand is mahogany, 190mm x 185mm x 20mm



Top stand is mahogany, 215mm x 195mm x 20mm
Bottom stand is American black walnut, 185mm x 160mm x 20mm





A few more coats of wax and they will be finished.

Regards
John

super, john!!

best wishes, sam

Hi John. Hi Sam. ... Seeing one skilled & diligent carver (John) inspiring another (Sam) to the benefit of our world community-- GREAT POSTS FROM SINCERE CRAFTSMEN!

thanks chris, for the kind words. thanks john for the help and inspiration. sharing some works in progress. trial runs with tall root stands.

best wishes, sam

Chris & Sam thanks very much for your encouraging words, they are very much appreciated.

Sam, these taller stands are looking good, I'm itching to have a go.
Keep us updated on your progress.

Regards
John

thank-you john, for the pics of the various stands complete with bonsai displayed

To quote Grandmaster Flash, my latest stand is "getting higher baby" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ChjLMbXVrU 1983, flippin eck I was 19 years old, I used to hair on the top of my head then instead of in my ears.

I've just finished carving a root stand (ne taku) that's slightly taller than my recent efforts.
This one is from a piece of Wych elm, quite a dense wood and it took some carving.

Anyhoo enough of my babbling here are some pictures prior to staining.










The "roots" are a touch thicker than I would have liked but the wood had some shakes in it so I erred on the side of caution and left them a bit thicker........and my fingers were throbbing from the carving.

Size is 120-125mm diameter on the top and height is 80mm.

I'll post more pictures after staining.

Regards
John

Hi John, looking good.
Will you be at the MBNA Show later this month?
Bob

Hi Bob, thanks very much.

Yes bud, I'll be driving down with Mr Pitt, we'll be putting on a display and bringing a few goodies along to sell.

See you and the gang soon.

John

Here are a few pictures of stands that Mr Pitt the potter will be taking along to Orscholz in Germany to sell alongside his awesome bonsai pots.

Selection of root stands ( ne taku) and ji ita board



Iroko root stand



Wych elm root stand



Wych elm root stand



Iroko root stand





Mahogany root stand



English oak root stand



I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of the trees that will be displayed at the show.

Cheers
John

this is the GOLD standard for stands.

best wishes, sam

ole ole y ole amigoooo

Sam & David, thanks for your comments, my apologies for the delayed response I've been up to the neck in it at work so the trees, stands & IBC have taken a back seat for a while.

Here are some picture of a root stand I've just finished, (and will be posting today) that was commissioned at the recent Magical Bonsai Accents show.
It's hopefully going to be used to display the antique bronze dragon shown in the last 2 picture...I hope the clients like it.











The brief was to keep the stand as light as possible so as not to "lose" the dragon when it's seated on top.
Hopefully if the stand is ok I'll be able to post some pictures of the 2 pieces together....fingers crossed.

Cheers

John

aaaaaaaaah ! wonderful. I like the shape

best wishes, sam

I recently posted a stand off to Spain for Ramon.
He was kind enough today to send me a couple of pictures of the stand in use, I believe this is a trial run for an exhibition this coming Friday.

Lovely 3 point display of Japanese Quince and Korean Hornbeam



Close up of Korean Hornbeam on an English Oak root stand (ne taku)



Picture of the top of the root stand showing the lovely grain pattern of oak with knots.



Regards

John

Hi John

As usual a brilliant piece of craftsmanship, a beautiful ne taku.

A nice traditional 3 point display with quality Shohin,love the pot the Chojubai is in, a little unsure about the direction of the Hornbeam though.

beautiful work, john.

best wishes, sam

Some pictures of my stands in use at the recent Noelanders Trophy exhibition

Cho jubai on rock displayed on Burr Elm root stand



Overview showing burr detail



Mark & Ritta Cooper's Pyracantha sits on a Mahogany root stand



Accent on Oak ji ita



Sycamore "fake burr" ji ita made specially for the Ibigawa rock accent