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I don’t suppose anybody here is at Kokufu this year and has pictures of the event they may wish to share??

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Tony Bebb has a few on facebook, thats all i've seen.

Simon

Did you not see the ones that were on Bnut?

https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/kokuf ... st-1101056

TimIAm wrote: ↑February 12th, 2024, 5:34 am Did you not see the ones that were on Bnut?

https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/kokuf ... st-1101056

I did see the pics over there, was just looking for a bit more of a "local" perspective on the exhibition/content.
Good to put the link in though, thanks for that!

PeachSlices wrote: ↑February 11th, 2024, 11:43 pm Tony Bebb has a few on facebook, thats all i've seen.

Mmmm ... my lack of Facebook presence has let me down ... pros and cons I guess!

Wade Hinnrickson from Bomaderry has heaps on Facebook.

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Sorry,Wade___Hinnrichsen,from Matsu En.

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Anyone interested in discussing trees from the exhibition? I quite like this tree: I like the deadwood striation, the shadow the canopy plays over the trunk and the movement of the deadwood in the middle.

I dislike the density of the foliage - I like to be able to see the branching structure, but I also understand a tree at this level of refinement tends to get dense foliage and it's difficult to thin out further without compromising overall structure. Can't tell if the foliage has been grafted on, but I hear they do that a lot in Japan.

I'd love to see it in person so I can admire the structure from close up.

I'm assuming this had to have been collected? I wonder how old it is.

Also quite like this tree: Assuming it's a JBP (or JRP). Again, really like the deadwood. However they accomplish getting the core to die and the rest of the tree survive I'm not sure (or whether it's collected this way?), but I'd like to design this into my pines somehow.

I can glimpse the branching structure through the foliage which is great, and the needles all look really healthy and similarly sized.

SuperBonSaiyan wrote: ↑February 14th, 2024, 8:23 am Anyone interested in discussing trees from the exhibition? I quite like this tree:
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I like the deadwood striation, the shadow the canopy plays over the trunk and the movement of the deadwood in the middle.

I dislike the density of the foliage - I like to be able to see the branching structure, but I also understand a tree at this level of refinement tends to get dense foliage and it's difficult to thin out further without compromising overall structure. Can't tell if the foliage has been grafted on, but I hear they do that a lot in Japan.

I'd love to see it in person so I can admire the structure from close up.

Not 100% sure but this first tree looks like a tanuki? It's trunk looks impressive on first sight...but...

Keep Calm and Ramify wrote: ↑February 14th, 2024, 4:06 pm
Not 100% sure but this first tree looks like a tanuki? It's trunk looks impressive on first sight...but...

I wasn't sure either after looking at it again. So I google Kokofu tanuki and (according to Ryan Neil) it seems there are a LOT of trees which are tanuki's in the Kokofu - they've just been so expertly created and given time to mature that most people can't tell.

Makes me think I should develop a tanuki. If it looks good, and the blend looks better over time - why not? Especially as we can't really collect trees here. That said, if I were to ever exhibit the tree, I would be honest and say it's a tanuki.