Hi Dario,
Thanks for posting the vid up here! There were many large trees that had never graced our shows before, some of our older members really pulled out all the stops getting some of these down there for others to see (several wouldn't fit in normal vehicles). I believe the counter for the weekend said we had just under 1000 people attend, and I know that already we've gotten several new members in the club. It was a lot of fun, but yeah tiring too! Although not as exhausting as our recent Tx state convention (Sawgrass - I know just how you feel!).
I wrote to Dario, that yes, several of the scrolls were turned the wrong way (3 by my count - oops), but the rest were in the correct direction. Sometimes you have to make due with the material available, and if it is going the wrong way.. well it may be the best of the choices available. Also, one of the ones with the chop on the wrong side, I think was made odd - the artist put the chop on the side away from the directional flow. So this isn't a hard and fast rule (so long as you're dealing with scroll artists who do what they want). I'm still sorting through the still photos, and I'll post those here when I get the set uploaded to Flickr.
Thanks ya'll,
Joey
My mentioning of this was mainly for educational purposes...
So, obviously I meant no insult by it...
A lot of people, who are unfamiliar with the use of scrolls, or
are new to the whole displaying of a Bonsai process, often do not know
the rules regarding the chop, as well as the directional flow of
the subject on a scroll.
Funny you mention scroll artist... For I happen to be a scroll artist and
was a vendor at our convention here. The problem often with scrolls is
that for the most part they are not painted for the intended use of Bonsai.
Another problem is that because there are so few folks here in the states
that do this art, that often one has to find what they can and try to make
it work.
I myself paint both... for a lot of my scrolls are used primarily as art for
someone's home, which in this case obviously the location of the chop does
not matter, nor the directional flow. When someone approaches me regarding
my scrolls, I ask if they intend to use it with Bonsai, and if so, I explain to them
the rules of doing so...
The tree is the main focal point... scroll must not conflict with or over power.
Which side of the tree do you intend on using the scroll, which way does your tree face.
The directional flow of the subject on the scroll should point back towards you tree.
The chop is always the furthest thing from the tree, and acts like a period in a sentence.
Subject matter... well that's a whole nother thread !!!
