Newly finished ji ita

This is a stand I completed over the weekend.
The wood was purchased as Pippy Oak and has fantastic burrs and knots.

 Ji ita size 600mm long x 360mm wide x 12mm thick. This board is not for sale, (I have to keep some for myself), I have enough of this wood left to make 2 more boards this size or slightly longer.

Wood with character like this is hard to come by so if you want a board making please e mail me for a price.

STAND FOR SALE

Please e mail me at bespokebonsaistands@hotmail.com if you are interested in buying this stand, or any of the other stands shown on the site.

2 piece ji ita board set (Oak wood)

REF: BBS 26/10/11

SORRY THIS ITEM IS NOW SOLD

Size:
Width 175mm
Depth 155mm
Height    7mm

Size:
Width 112mm
Depth   95mm
Height    6mm

New member following the site

I've just noticed I've got a new member following the site.

It's my sister Clare....no taking the p$*s now !!

Remember...the rest of your life is a long time to suffer ;-) x

Newly finished commissioned root stands

I've just finished these two stands for a client..hope he likes them !

 Mahogany root stand (ne taku)
320mm x 245mm x 23mm

Oak root stand (ne taku)
165mm x 130mm x 15mm

Mark & Ritta Coopers Pyracantha at Capel Manor

Mark Cooper has kindly provided this photograph of  his Pyracantha displayed at the Capel Manor show recently.

The tree is displayed on a root stand (ne taku) that I made for Mark & Ritta to a design they requested.

Bonsai doesn't get much better than this does it !

STAND FOR SALE

Please e mail me at bespokebonsaistands@hotmail.com if you are interested in buying this stand or any of the other stands shown on the site.

3 piece ji ita board set (Poplar wood)

REF: BBS 18/10/11

SORRY THIS ITEM IS NOW SOLD

Update on the stands in my next to last post

I finished the 2 stands shown in my next to last post today, so here they are

 Elm root stand (ne taku)

 Oak root stand (ne taku)

SOLD

Some newly purchased pieces of wood for Ji-ita

I bought some nice pieces of wood yesterday for making ji-ita boards in the near future.

I got these from a local chap who is retired and does a bit of woodturning.
He nearly fell off his stool when I told him how much money I'd payed from some ji-ita boards in Japan
The board to the middle left with the lighter band running along it is laburnum, it's not often you get the opportunity to get this wood.

Nice burr detail on elm and oak boards

 Spalting in the bottom left of the board, this is caused by fungus

 Nice burr on oak

 I'm sure this is elm, I was so busy searching through the piles of wood I wasn't listening as closely as I should have.

Walnut, a lovely coloured & grained wood








I'll post pictures as I finish the boards