http://bonsaikid.wordpress.com ...Shaping the world! Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:43:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You may not know bonsai trees have a classification based on the dimension.    It isn’t an absolute rule and the measure of the bonsai isn’t really important. No one should grow his bonsai thinking of the category it belongs to, yet it is important he has those basic notions that ... http://bonsaikid.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/bonsai-classification-based-on-its-measure/ Bonsai art’s charm lets us consider our plants as an ornament for our houses, but we usually forget the bonsai is a living creature that needs peculiar environments to live in. It’s a plant before a work of art, and we must take this concept into account when we approach the ... http://bonsaikid.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/bonsai-indoor-or-bonsai-outdoor/ http://bonsaikid.wordpress.com/2007/06/22/77/ http://bonsaikid.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/azalea-bonsai/ More often than not, the approach to bonsai art comes with a present.   A friend, a relative or a partner gives a new little tree in a short pot and he/she can’t tell us how to handle it. a Those bonsai trees are set on a piece of furniture or next to a ... http://bonsaikid.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/first-time-bonsai-a-5-points-survival-guide/ They are the miniature of a bonsai tree, shorter than 15 cm (6 inches), they easily lay on the palm of your hand: they are mame bonsai. Mame are more difficult to cultivate as their minute dimensions make them very fragile, yet, if well treated, they can have an exceptional long ... http://bonsaikid.wordpress.com/2007/06/09/mame-bonsai/ Penjing is nominally split into three types 'Tree Penjing', 'Landscape Penjing' and 'Water and Land Penjing'. All these categories overlap in practice. Chinese Penjing does not have clearly defined styles (Formal Upright, Informal Upright, Slanting, etc.) like Japanese Bonsai, although they do use these categories as points of reference. Historically, style in ... http://bonsaikid.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/chinese-penjing/ No aesthetic rule should be strictly followed, yet rules are there as a guideline for the achievement of that perfect look bonsai trees have. The aesthetic canon of bonsai art has been gradually developed during centuries of trial and error by fine masters. Those rules are suggested by practical aspects of ... http://bonsaikid.wordpress.com/2007/06/07/rules-of-transformation/ a The Hori-Hori Digging Tool was originally designed for excavating aged stock high in the mountains of Japan. This is an indispensable tool for digging - in the garden ir cuts and scrapes weeds, roots and vegetables. It is also a great tool for rock hounds! http://bonsaikid.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/hori-hori-knife/ Cypress Bonsai Tree Sculpture by Bonnie Belt http://bonsaikid.wordpress.com/2007/06/05/bonnie-belts-clay-works/