AusBonsai

I just came across the below pic on Bill Valavanis's blog and noticed the price.
35万円　which translates to 350,000 yen (roughly $4000).

Not a bad price for a pretty intense Nebari, that's for sure!

Interesting Joe, certainly money's worth for years of nebari work, but for me it brings up the point:

when is too much nebari over doing it?

or

is too much nebari never enough?


Interested to here what everyone else thinks?

For my I think the tree is nice but the nebari is over proportioned and doesn't appeal to my aesthetics.

I am with you Ryan. It is amazing and obviously alot of work and skill has gone into developing it, but it does not appeal to me.

I am sure the tree or upwards trunk line will grow into it. Give it another twenty or so years. Good forward thinking i reckon.

I've seen this photo a couple of times and this is the first time I actually looked at the tree I really don't like the Nebari. It looks fake and takes away from the tree IMHO. I think all aspects of a tree should complement each other. It kind of looks like the tree melted or something. Now the tree itself is very nice

Josh

Great work from who ever took the time to develop the nebari but for me its way to much. With looking at the tree an trunk size ive done a virt of what i think a good nebari might be for the tree

Not my taste of a life like nebari

Thanks for sharing

I reminds me if those liquidambars or plane trees that line streets where the nebari has melted onto the road.

I like it I will be excited to see something like that grown here one day!!

Looks like a tree growing out of the omelette I ate for breakfast this morning.

I always find it interesting that people are generally ok with the abstracted, distilled shapes of deadwood junipers but then have issues when deciduous trees start to develop into more abstract representations. I like it and would love to own something similar.

The skill in creating something with a nebari that wide yet trunk so thin is nothing short of amazing.

DustyRusty wrote:Looks like a tree growing out of the omelette I ate for breakfast this morning.

Yeah, it just looks.... i guess.... ridiculous. I can't think of a time I have ever seen a tree like that in real life. Even trees that the roots have ripped up the concrete or moreton bay figs don't go that far.

bonsaibuddyman wrote:

DustyRusty wrote:Looks like a tree growing out of the omelette I ate for breakfast this morning.

Yeah, it just looks.... i guess.... ridiculous. I can't think of a time I have ever seen a tree like that in real life. Even trees that the roots have ripped up the concrete or moreton bay figs don't go that far.

Looks like the death of the wicked witch of the west (i'm melting etc)

has anyone ever seen a natural tree look anything like that "abomination"

Well, the comments in this thread beg to ask another question.

Is bonsai simply making miniature models of real trees?

I tend to believe that they are art works depicting different people's interpretations of the feelings that trees give them. They don't have to be exact shrunk down copies, they can be completely un-tree like as long as they convey a feeling of tree or environment etc.

To highlight one aspect be it first branch, thick trunk or even huge nebari etc are all relevant approaches in my book.

Thoughts?