Five reasons I like shohin.

[Nybonsai12]

I'd love to see more of These individually adair, you tease! What's the tree on the bottom right in what appears to be a gekkou pot?

 

[Adair M]

Tom Scott made it for me.

If I remember, it's about 75 cm square. 9 inches deep.

If you want the exact dimensions, I'll dig out the specs, or measure it.

I had him make it big, as most of my shohin are right at 8 inches.

 

[Adair M]

Here are some picture someone posted on FaceBook:

 

[Adair M]

Some more:

 

[Adair M]

They didn't seem to think the Japanese Red Pine was a part of the display, I guess!

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Does my shohin Ficus tickle your fancy?

 

[Dav4]

They didn't seem to think the Japanese Red Pine was a part of the display, I guess!

I did!!

 

[Adair M]

Thank you!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Nice display...even with your soil levels mounded up.
Congrats on the Best in Show.

 

[Adair M]

Indeed, a couple of them are mounded! It's legal for shohin. The exception to the rule...

Most aren't. It's the moss that makes them look mounded. The Red pine is mounded. It's getting repotted next week.

 

[Smoke]

Tom Scott made it for me.

If I remember, it's about 75 cm square. 9 inches deep.

If you want the exact dimensions, I'll dig out the specs, or measure it.

I had him make it big, as most of my shohin are right at 8 inches.

You gotta be kidding, what the hell is 75 cm?

Thanks for getting the dimensions though. I'm in the process of building two right now.

 

[Smoke]

google says 29.5 inches.

I was going to make mine 30 x 30 so thats right in the ball park. Only 8 inches deep though.

I'll post the building process soon at the bunker.

 

[Eric Group]

Here's my Seven Point shohin display at the Atlanta Bonsai Society show this weekend:View attachment 69990

Gorgeous!

Is that a Chojubai in the bottom left of the stand?

 

[Adair M]

Indeed it is. You're supposed to have one flowering or fruiting tree inside the box. That's it. Just not flowering yet. I live farther north than Atlanta, and my trees are a little behind theirs. But, at least I tried! The chojubai in the Japanese garden at the Botanical Gardens where the show was held was blooming.

 

[edprocoat]

Adair the twisted pine on the root stand is simply gorgeous ! One of the finest displays for a shohin I have seen. I used to have mostly shohin but they are hard to keep so I have switched to larger trees. I find larger trees easier to find and cheaper, simply cut them down to size and work on branching so for me they are quicker and needless to say they are far less demanding.

ed

 

[jk_lewis]

Here's my Seven Point shohin display at the Atlanta Bonsai Society show this weekend:View attachment 69990

Nice display of the trees. Too bad whoever was in charge couldn't give it an adequate backdrop. That one is awful.

 

[Adair M]

Jkl, I'm not going to disagree with you. But it looks worse in pictures than when you're there in person.

 

[Dav4]

Yeah, I didn't even notice the back drop when viewing the trees...not really an issue in my mind.

 

[jk_lewis]

Well, the goal of a display/show is to show off the trees in the best and most artistic way possible; an unironed, unstretched, flimsy looking drape behind these trees is NOT doing them any justice -- and you SHOULD notice. It's an integral part of the display. Very sloppy.

 

[Dav4]

3 shows ago, we didn't even have a backdrop...now we do. Could it be better...sure, but it's getting MUCH better then it was. Your criticism may be valid for a large, regional show, but for a relatively small club show like ours, I don't think so. There were 4 people involved in the show set up and 2 of them have full time jobs and another of them recently had a hip replacement. I'm sure they'll all be thrilled with what you had to say with their effort.