More trees from Noelanders 2013

Here are more pictures of bonsai and associated items displayed at the Noelanders Trophy 2013.
I hope you enjoy them.

New items for sale

I've added more items to the "Items for Sale" page.
Happy hunting

Noelanders Trophy 2013

Here is a picture of my Ilex Serrata on display at the Noelanders Trophy 2013.

Also a few pictures of my stands in use at the show.

Ilex Serrata with Ibigawa rock as an accent

Ilex Serrata

Burr Elm root stand (ne-taku) under Peter Warrens cho jubai on rock

Overview of the Burr Elm stand

Sycamore ji ita made to sit under the Ibigawa rock accent to my Ilex Serrata

Mark & Ritta Cooper's lovely Pyracantha sits on a mahogany root stand (ne taku)

Accent on Poplar ji ita

Accent on Mahogany root stand

Accent on Elm root stand

Accent on English Oak ji ita

A few more pictures before we head off for the Noelanders Trophy

Mahogany ne taku (root stand)

340mm x 250mm x 18mm

Mahogany ne taku (root stand)

110mm diameter x 77mm height

Cherry ne taku
110mm diameter x 31mm height












I'm heading off to Belgium for the Noelanders Trophy this coming Friday.
I dropped off my Ilex Serrata at John Pitts house on Monday evening, Peter Warren has been doing final preparation and tweaking of several trees at John's in readiness for transporting to the show.
I look forward to another fantastic weekend of Bonsai, plenty of pictures will be posted when I return.

A safe journey to all who will be travelling to the show.

Getting new stands finished ready for this years shows

The beginning of each new bonsai year is always a busy time, preparing trees for exhibition and sourcing pots etc for repotting.
Added to that I'm trying to get enough stands ready for selling at the Noelanders Trophy in January, The Swindon Winter Image show in February and the Shohin UK exhibition in March.
Here are a few of the stands that are finished or nearly finished.

Iroko ne-taku (root stand)
135mm x 130mm x 45mm

Potentilla on Iroko root stand.
These types of root stand are ideal for varying the heights of shohin trees in displays and for improving the flow of compositions

Shishigashira Maple on rock on Iroko root stand

Sycamore ji ita 280mm x 225mm x 7mm

Zelkova on Sycamore ji ita

English Oak ne-taku (root stand)

Winter flowering Jasmine on English Oak root stand