Attila Soos
Omono
This tree is from a book cover. The book has nothing to do with bonsai.
It looks like a bad bonsai, because it doesn't follow any design suggestion. It has multiple apexes, competing with each other. The trunks look very similar, almost parallel. The shape of the tree is very awkward, there is no triangle, no dome, no rounded apex - it is a flat top that is slanted. It has no first branch...in fact, most of the branches seem to grow straight up. From a bonsai perspective, it will be very unconfortable to critique this tree.
And yet, in spite of all the above, the tree is interesting, dynamic, pleasing to look at, fresh, great movement, lots of energy.
It think this is a perfect example that a bonsai has one rule only, in order to be great: grasp your imagination.
If you tried to change this tree to look like a bonsai - tame it, so to speak - you would ruin it.
It doesn't fit into any known bonsai style. May be we can call it "free style bonsai". It is somewhat akin to literati, but not quite. It is also somewhat like a penjing.
May be one of you could photoshop it into a bonsai pot?
Once it is in a bonsai pot, let me know what you think.
It looks like a bad bonsai, because it doesn't follow any design suggestion. It has multiple apexes, competing with each other. The trunks look very similar, almost parallel. The shape of the tree is very awkward, there is no triangle, no dome, no rounded apex - it is a flat top that is slanted. It has no first branch...in fact, most of the branches seem to grow straight up. From a bonsai perspective, it will be very unconfortable to critique this tree.
And yet, in spite of all the above, the tree is interesting, dynamic, pleasing to look at, fresh, great movement, lots of energy.
It think this is a perfect example that a bonsai has one rule only, in order to be great: grasp your imagination.
If you tried to change this tree to look like a bonsai - tame it, so to speak - you would ruin it.
It doesn't fit into any known bonsai style. May be we can call it "free style bonsai". It is somewhat akin to literati, but not quite. It is also somewhat like a penjing.
May be one of you could photoshop it into a bonsai pot?
Once it is in a bonsai pot, let me know what you think.
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