Bonsai school Japan

[Neli]

When you are ready to go let me know so I can help you arrange it. It is not that hard or that expensive.
Thanks.

[Freckl]

Amazing neli, you are having a once in a lifetime experience,
how are you planning on taking so many trees back?

[Neli]

With tears in my eyes....the transport alone will kill me....I have permits for importing the trees if that's what you mean .
Just hope they will arrive safe.
I posted again pictures with explanations on the link above for FB.
For those that are impatient for me to post when I reach home, you can have a look at a new variety black pine with short needles that does not need candle removal.... And a lots more pictures.

[Neli]

I have another question. What if I graft white pine on tropical variety of pine that grows well in Zambia. Will that make any difference?
Has anyone tried that? What do you think? Can it work?

[Neli]

I have styled lots of trees while here at school, but thought I should show you this tree, I am really proud of.
It took me two days to style it. Oyakata said you did this???? I said yes. Then he asked if Taige helped me....Taige was 6 years with Kimura and is his son. I said no...I did it all by myself. He said:
This is perfect! Then he told me I am a sansai now and that I should teach Mark how to style like that...so now I am called sansai by Mark, and Neli San....he he he! I came here a total newbie....and I had never seen how to style junipers....now I have impressed my oyakata 4 times....and got the thumbs up.
I am one happy bonsai mama!
Here is my tree.
This is how I styled the pads. They now need to grow and just be pinched, but the tree is styled now.
I am failing to post images...maybe someone can post them for me.




Before

And after

[shibui]

Nice work Neli. I am impressed with your work.

[Neli]

Thanks Neil! It means a lot for me coming from you.

[Graeme]

Very nice work Neli.

[eddieperth]

What a great 'Total Immersion' experience!! Very happy for you Neli...and like Jason, its a dream of mine to do likewise one day! Please, keep the pics/posts coming as you have time, we are enjoying them!

[Neli]

Very nice work Neli.

Thanks Darling!

[Neli]

What a great 'Total Immersion' experience!! Very happy for you Neli...and like Jason, its a dream of mine to do likewise one day! Please, keep the pics/posts coming as you have time, we are enjoying them!

It is not that hard to style junipers ones you understand it...and see how it is done. I went swimming today, and yesterday deleted by accident all my pictures for the past two days. I was downloading the pictures from the camera to the iPad, and my book fell on the iPad....not sure what it pressed but no pictures in the camera or iPad. So I started taking new pictures again of my work. I will not have many before pictures. From the past two days.
My fingers are scratched and rough and sore...from all the wiring. I am not used to wire from morning to evening every day...and copper wire is hard. So I was given a off day today.

[kcpoole]

Lovely tree Neli and great work.
I suppose you must now appreciate the amount of work involved to detail wire a tree to bring out the best in it.

Woudl love to be able to experience first hand what you are doing

Ken

[Neli]

Lovely tree Neli and great work.
I suppose you must now appreciate the amount of work involved to detail wire a tree to bring out the best in it.

Woudl love to be able to experience first hand what you are doing

Ken

Ken,
The truth is that I am getting very tired ....the whole day on that chair...in the most uncomfortable position...then come home and sleep on a slab of concrete....my back is killing me...my fingers are sore...my legs can't even carry me up the hill in the evening...so I just end up drugging my bike along...it is so hard...

[Shane]

Kudos Neli!

[Neli]

Kudos Neli!

I don't know what kudos is but thanks anyway.