Whilst working on the tree, my mind began to wander, as it is wont to do, and I thought about how even though it was just one of many and created by some Chinese worker in a field working hard for a bowl of rice a day, it had the potential for beauty if viewed in a certain way.probably with a wonky eye? I mentioned the word "mass produced" in my spiel on the video and I repeated it there, but his should not necessarily be a negative concept. I brought it back with me.thought at that price, it would be rude not to. I'm not saying this is a masterpiece or the pinnacle of bonsai, but this kind of mass produced stuff can, with a little bit of effort turn into something ok, and for the beginner, and let me stress that, for the beginner, a lot of fun and more importantly knowledge and experience can be gained from trees like this. So, in keeping with that vein, this tree will get a premature showing, as part of the spring/summer Hague/South East London collection. Who wants to spend a number of years waiting for their 15 minutes? The fast moving nature of modern life demands that pictures of a tree fresh of the mountain is styled, potted, facebooked and exhibited in a year or two. Spending days and money on photo shoots for something that will not reach publication for a good number of years is difficult. This is in part due to the immediacy of modern bonsai but also a financial concern. One of the biggest problems when comparing Bonsai Focus (or any European magazine) versus the behemoth that is Kinbon is that there is a lack of long term projects. It would be unfair of me to go into too many details as it will be published in the future but todays initial work is setting the tree up for a progression photo series over the next three years at least. The work requires an initial operation of great severity and potential disaster, but hell, go big or go home. That sounds as though I'm not generally excited by the majority of my trees but this one was one of those finds that comes along every now and again, a diamond in the rough. I was doing an initial piece of work on a Kinsai azalea that I picked up last year and did not get a chance to see the flowers.something which is bugging me still to this day.will it be covered in Lapa flowers or will I hit a rich vein of pure flowers? Either way, the tree has great potential as a bonsai image and it is one of mine that I am genuine excited about the future of. It cam about as something of a surprise, but as accidental discoveries go, this may rank up there alongside penicillin. Today saw me break new ground with a fantastic collaboration effort, combining the worlds of fashion and bonsai.
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