Many many pots for sale on my Etsy store

[atlarsenal]

I’m quite happy with the looks and price. No plans just yet but I’ll let you know how it holds up.

 

[PotteryDowntoEarth]

I guess there's bonsai and BONSAI. Stress on bonsai pots doesn't come from roots. It comes from weight of soil and trees, and weather. Freezing soil in pots left outside will crack thin walled pots pretty easily, especially if the pot has a design with an incurved rim. To get a real-world stress test, fill the pot up with a tree and soil. Water it well, bury it in mulch in November in the backyard and overwinter it there until March. That treatment will probably show you some weaknesses.

BTW, Do you have larger trees--like over three inches in diameter that require a gallon or two of bonsai soil in their pots? or are you more experienced with shohin and mame trees? Makes a big difference.

To get a feel for what makes a good bonsai pot, you have to handle good bonsai pots. Don't know if you have done this, but owning, using and handling Japanese tokoname made pots, or some of the more well known American and western bonsai potters' stuff can greatly inform how you make your own.

Your advice is sound... here is an example of my newest planter

 

[PotteryDowntoEarth]

Your advice is sound... here is an example of my newest planter View attachment 178074View attachment 178075

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That’s a 1 3/4 gallon pot

 

[JudyB]

Here’s the one I got from you.View attachment 178072

Now this one I like! The others are too crazy for me. I like a pot that compliments not screams for attention...

 

[M. Frary]

Now this one I like! The others are too crazy for me. I like a pot that compliments not screams for attention...

Me too.
The star of the show should always be the tree.