New (to me) Albright and Barton pots

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Extremes

I'm jealous. I love the extremes of bonsai. I can imagine one of my nice gentle maples in the blue pot. Pleasing to the eye and gentle.

Then the other pot is for a brutally, gnarled, twisted tree. It's rugged and tough and ready to be that with a tree. I find so many pots are just like each other, plain and vanilla. I am always on the lookout for pots like these. Something just a little extra special.
 

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Like both. I've got a 22" x 13" x 1" tray by Albright in the same blue glaze. It's one of my favorites.
 

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I've got a 22" x 13" x 1" tray by Albright in the same blue glaze. It's one of my favorites.

Good to know. That must be a monster...can you post a pic? (w/ or w/o tree(s)) :D

Thanks!
 

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Unfortunately I don't own any albright pots. I do own a dan barton pot which I treasure.
I consider Dan one of the most talented and best individual around.

he signed my pot and then enscribed a haiku on the bottom. It was made for a hemlock that didn't make it to the next stage from yamadori. I may never put a tree in it or it'll have to be something very special.

I have some aspinal pots that i also have a high regard for.
 

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Here's a picture of a Dan Barton pot I got a few weeks ago, this is 1 of 4 I ordered from him. Only received 2 so far, 2 more should be arriving in the next few weeks. Dan says he considers this pot to be one of the best pots he's ever made. It's a treasure for sure. ;)View attachment 31446
 

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Nice pots, Dario. I really like that Dan Barton. It really has a nice feel of age to it and should compliment a nice gnarly conifer bunjin.

Congrats on the score!

Cory
 

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Here's the blue Albright tray, along with a few of my other favs, two from Sara and one gold one from Peter Krebs.
 

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Thanks rockm. I'm really liking Sara Rayner pots. Soon....(I hope).... :D
 

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Sara pots

One of the many bonsai joys of living in MN is the chance to visit Sara Rayner in her shop and see all the pots I can't afford!! I love the texture she creates and the stoneware I can count on here in the frozen tundra.
 

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Here's a picture of a Dan Barton pot I got a few weeks ago, this is 1 of 4 I ordered from him. Only received 2 so far, 2 more should be arriving in the next few weeks. Dan says he considers this pot to be one of the best pots he's ever made. It's a treasure for sure. ;)View attachment 31446

Here's a pic of one of his trees in the same pot. His tree is a Hawthorne, some day I hope to have an equally impressive tree in the same pot. Ive been working on a crabapple for about 5 years another 5 and it may be ready. His tree sadly died so he decided to sell it.

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Here's a pic of one of his trees in the same pot. His tree is a Hawthorne, some day I hope to have an equally impressive tree in the same pot. Ive been working on a crabapple for about 5 years another 5 and it may be ready. His tree sadly died so he decided to sell it.

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interesting stand on a stand in that photo
 
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