This is a good thread for me. I recently purchased,
, (
https://stonelantern.com/products/n...11iGa77PZCTj5cwMbcKVfolJDw-hMP1BoCnG4QAvD_BwE, big sale on books over there) really cool illustrations and info.
My only complaint is they make it seem so easy, like all you have to do is take a masterfully developed piece of prebonsai, clip a few branches and add some wire.
From what I've gathered in my months of lurking is that these trees need to be developed before going into a pot, but all beginner books seem to begin with how to pot a tree, then all the info following is how to care for a tree in a pot. I'm pretty sure most of my plants in nursery soil and pots probably don't want to be watered one or two times a day.
I actually emailed Jonas Dupuich about his, Little Book of Bonsai, he replied really quickly to tell me his book was probably not what I was looking for. Really nice and patient person. Interesting that a lot of techniques that I'm attempting to use were taken from his blog, so I will definitely buy something from him eventually.
I definitely want to check out Harry Harrington's books.
@Clicio may be able to confirm, I believe in inspirations he shows progressions of nursery stock that he develops over several years. I think Inspirations II covers carving techniques.
I specifically am looking for reading material pertaining to developing shohin trees.
Thanks for starting this thread
@Hbhaska!