Work

Durig the weekend we were working on some trees again. We made an initial styling on a Chamaecyparis, some minor wiring on a maple to improve the overall image and we prepared a juniper for a total redesign work.

NikArt bonsai studio is working hard as always, come join us sometime!

Čez vikend smo ponovno delali na drevesih. Drugače pač ne gre :) Prvič smo oblikovali grahasto pacipreso in postavili lepo strukturo za nadaljni razvoj, ožičili par vej za izboljšavo celotne podobe na javorju in pripravili kitajski brin na novo predelavo dizajna.

NikArt bonsaj studio dela s polno paro naprej, pridružite se kdaj!

More autumn

Some more autumn colours while they last.

Še nekaj jesenskih slik, dolker je listje še na drevesih.

Autumn colors

Bonsai Europa

Last week me and my friend Jože went on our longest car trip so far. Alltogether we made 3000 kilometers and spent 22 hours on a ferry. We visited a smaller town named Bury which is located near Manchaster, UK. Our goal was the well promoted bonsai event Bonsai Europa, where I was also one of the demonstrators.

Prejšnji teden sva se s kolegom Jožem podala na najino najdaljšo vožnjo v življenju. Vsega skupaj sva prevozila 3000 kilometrov in preživela 22 ur na trajektu. Obiskala sva manjše mestece Bury, blizu Manchastra v Veliki Britaniji. Najin cilj je bila dobro oglaševana razstava Bonsai Europa, na kateri sem bil eden od demonstratorjev.

Here are some photos of the exhibition and the trading area.

Tu je nekaj slik razstave in prodajalnih polic.

I had my demo on Sunday. On the first photo below you can see that the whole room was packed with people. I was working on a Pinus sylvestris.  It was not a simple task to make a nice bonsai on the demo on a tree with so menny branches, so i focused on giving the tree a nice structure for the future and in a few years when it gets denser I'm sure it will be looking very good.

Jaz sem imel demonstracijo v nedeljo. Na prvi sliki spodaj lahko vidite kako polna je bila dvorana v kateri se je delalo na drevesih. Jaz sem delal na rdečem boru. Po pravici povedano, ni bil ravno najboljši material za demonstracijo, saj z njegovimi redkimi vejami ni bilo mogoče narediti lepega prvega izdelka. Zato sem se bolj osredotočil na prihodnost tega drevesa in mu oblikoval lepo strukturo. Ko se bo vprihodnjih letih zgostil, pa bo prav lep.

The main reason why we traveled by car is because I was also exhibiting two of my trees.

Glavni razlog zakaj sva se podala na pot z avtom, je bil v tem, da sem jaz prav tako razstavljal dva svoja bonsaja.

And a photo of all the demonstrators.

Še slika vseh demonstratorjev.

Overall I can easily say it was one of the best events in Europe at the moment. It can be easily copared to Noelanders Trophy or Salieu. I must also congratulate Tony Tickle including all his crew who made it happen and also for inviting me to do a demo. See you next time!

Če povzamem vse skupaj, lahko brez problema rečem, da je bila to trenutno ena boljših razstav v Evropi, primerljiva z Noelanders Trophijem in Salieujem v Franciji. Prav tako pa moram čestitati Tonyu Ticklu in vsej njegovi ekipi, ki je dogodek naredila mogoč in se zahvaliti za povabilo. Se vidimo naslednjič!

7. Alpen - Adria exhibition

It was great to be a part of another Austrian Alpen-Adria exhibition. Interestingly enough for some reason I was the only one from Slovenia who decided to participate. Usually there were at least three of us. Too bad since I think it is important to stay in touch and help our neighbouring clubs. 

Anyway here are a few glimpses.

Ta vikend se mi je zdelo krasno, da sem se ponovno udeležil avstrijske koroške Alpen-Adria razstave v St. Veitu. To je bila že njihova 7. tovrstna razstava. Zanimivo se mi je zdelo in obenem sem bil nekoliko razočaran, da sem bil edini Slovenec, ki je aktivno sodeloval pri dogodku. Prejšnja leta smo bili taki vsaj trije, če ne več. Zdi se mi škoda, saj je klubske odnose po mojem mnenju pomembno ohranjati, še posebno, če gre za sosednji klub.

Kakorkoli, tu je nekaj utrinkov z razstave.

I decided to bring two trees with me. The first one Was a Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'.

S seboj sem se odločil prinesti dve drevesi. Prvo je bila grahasta pacipresa - Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'.

The second tree was my big juniper for which I actually wan two awards! It was awarded best bonsai in the big-tree category aid it was voted best bonsai by visitors. That was a very pleasant surprise.

S seboj sem prinesel tudi svoj veliki kitajski brin za katerega sem celo prejel dve nagradi. Nagrajen je bil za najboljši bonsaj v kategoriji velikih dreves s strani strokovne žirije in za najboljši bonsaj z glasovanjem obiskovalcev. To je bilo prav prijetno presenečenje.

I also had a smaller demonstration on a juniper.

Prav tako sem imel manjšo demonstracijo na kitajskem brinčku.