Kokufu 2024
Posted: February 11th, 2024, 9:17 pm
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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I did see the pics over there, was just looking for a bit more of a "local" perspective on the exhibition/content.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
Mmmm ... my lack of Facebook presence has let me down ... pros and cons I guess!PeachSlices wrote: ↑February 11th, 2024, 11:43 pm Tony Bebb has a few on facebook, thats all i've seen.
Not 100% sure but this first tree looks like a tanuki? It's trunk looks impressive on first sight...but...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.
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.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...