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!