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More Stands…Part II
Our final post on stands today with three wire bonsai by Ken To. KJ loves to display these wire bonsai …Continue reading »
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Suiteki (水滴) — Part I
Suiteki, literally water-dropper, is a small container used to hold the water which is added to the inkstone (suzuri 硯) …Continue reading »
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Suiteki (水滴) — Part II
Today’s post continues to look at various suiteki. Almost all of these being shown are in bronze; however, many in …Continue reading »
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Suiteki (水滴) — Part II
Well it has taken a bit longer than expected to get this third post out but here we go. Part …Continue reading »
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Bay Island Bonsai 2012 Exhibit
The Bay Island Bonsai 2012 Exhibit was this weekend and as usual a very nice show with some very nice …Continue reading »
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Kunio Kobayashi — Shunkaen Bonsai Garden
Well it is a month or so until our visit to Japan – skipping Kokufu this year – and we …Continue reading »
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Sierra Junipers
Attending last weekend’s BIB exhibit and visiting Boon during one of his intensive workshops and seeing a few Sierra Junipers, …Continue reading »
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Past Trip to Japan
Well our trip to Japan has been cancelled due to work…Always work. Therefore, in our misery we looked at some …Continue reading »
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Gekkou Ito (伊藤月香編)
We have admired Ito Gekkou’s pots for some time but had yet to collect any. Well that changed this month …Continue reading »
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Takeyama Fukushima
There are many sites in Japan that we search to find new potters or when we are in the market …Continue reading »
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Takanori Aiba – Bonsai Architectural Masterpieces
“Takanori Aiba was born in 1953 in Yokohama, Japan. Studied Japanese traditional textiles and dyed clothing in Tokyo Zokei University. Since, 2003, …Continue reading »
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Danseki — A Quiet Stone
We were at a bonsai show in either Sacramento or Petaluma, CA, we can’t recall which and saw this stone. …Continue reading »
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The Viewing Stone Association of North America (VSANA.org)
Our schedule has been truly hectic. With work, our church small group, our taking a year’s worth of college courses …Continue reading »
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Peter Tea’s Visit
As we had to cancel our trip to Japan in February, we were disappointed because we had scheduled about a …Continue reading »
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Henk Fresen Bronze Sculpture
KJ and I found Henk’s web site a few years ago and contacted him about a small bronze. Unfortunately back …Continue reading »
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Is it Suiseki?
We have been very busy these last few weeks and very happy we had the opportunity to entertain Peter Tea …Continue reading »
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Rochers de lettrẻs itineraires de l’art en Chine
We have mentioned how much we are enjoying Dr. Tom Elias’ new web site on Chinese Viewing Stones. This month …Continue reading »
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Kiri Wood Boxes by Jerry Braswell
Jerry and I got together about 2 months ago to talk about suiseki, enjoy a cup of coffee or two …Continue reading »
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BCI Stone Auction
Well who says it can’t be Christmas in June! Our friend Dr. Tom Elias informed us today that the BCI …Continue reading »
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The 51th Nippon Suiseki Meihinten
The Nippon Suiseki Association sponsors two large exhibitions every year, which are open to the public free of charge. The …Continue reading »
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