A bit of fun with Banksia and Cockatoo

[Grant Bowie]

Hi all, the CBS show is over for this year. We had some Tokonama this year and this was mine.

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I thought I would go untraditional Japanese and rather go Australiana.

The black cockatoo is eying the Banksia . It’s seed are one of its favourite food. The Kusamono is a slab of pine bark with some cones of Integrifolia on it,
The slab under the Banksia is River red gum.

Grant

[TimIAm]

Hi Grant,

Great composition. Did you do the drawing or is it a print?

[Grant Bowie]

It’s a poster I purchased at the Arboretum shop near the NBPCA. We were going to do this last year but the show was cancelled. I collected the pine bark slab at a club dig a few months ago and the cones about 3 weeks ago.

Grant

[shibui]

Well done on doing an Aussie themed tokanana Grant.
For everyone else, This Banksia tokanama received the Judge's award at the show.

[dansai]

Love the angle you've photographed it at. Looks like the cockatoo is on the tree. Although its much bigger than any black cockatoo I've seen.

[Grant Bowie]

I like how the cockatoo in the background is destroying a branch; and yes it is big. Angle was intentional to give that impression.

Grant