Bonsai - Living Art

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Noelanders Trophy 2012 - Demo by Vaclav Novak

Vaclav Novak (CZ) is a well-known bonsai artist with a long bonsai history which started back in 1982 at a lecture from Mr. Hideo Kato from Japan. Now he is the one who is sharing his knowledge, making demonstrations and spreading the inspiration for new bonsai artists around Europe.

At this year’s Noelanders Trophy he made two demos, but unfortunately I only managed to see his work on the second day when he was working at a Juniperus Sabina.

Vaclav Novak and his assistant analyzing the starting material

The position of the tree was changed

Vaclav Novak

Vaclav Novak working on final details

End result of the demonstration
Juniperus Sabina styled by Vaclav Novak

Monday, January 23, 2012

Noelanders Trophy 2012 - part II

After the long drive home the head is a bit more organized but still it is hard to process all the impressions form the Noelanders Trophy exhibition. All this great trees, all demos and the discussions with my colleagues about bonsai made this weekend unforgettable.

Of course it’s fair to show the awarded trees first.

Noelanders Trophy 2012 Winner - Juniperus by Luis Vallejo

Nomination - Pinus Sylvestris
by David Benavente

Nomination - Salix Babilonica - Simon Temblett

Nomination - Abies Picea - Nicola Crivelli

Nomination - Carpinus Turczaninovii
by German Gomez

Nomination - Fagus Sylvatica by David Barlow

But it would be unfair not to show all the other great trees from the exhibition. Looking at them its obvious that the judges had a really hard job picking the best six trees from this huge competition.

Taxus - Mauro Stemberger

Pinus Densiflora - Mario Komsta

Juniperus chinesis Itoigawa - Mauro Stemberger

Olea Europaea Sylvestris
Gabriel Romero Aguade

Juniperus Chinesis - Nicola Crivelli

Juniperus Sabina - Vaclav Novak

Juniperus chinesis Itoigawa - Andrea Melloni

Querkus Rubra - Mauro Stemberger

Acer Buergerianum - Jorg Derlien

Acer Palmatum - Xavier Dreux

Pinus Mugo - Christian Vos

Ulmus Procera - Reg Bolton

Pistacia Lentiscus - Andrija Zokic & Marija Hajdic

Acer Sieboldianum - Udo Fischer

Taxus Cuspidata - Josef Valuch

Carpinus Betulus - Ralf Beckers

Kiwiboom (Actinidia Arguta) - Joel Pouzet

Picea Glehni - David Hannah

Taxus Baccata - Richard Chambers

Cretaegus monogyna - Hans Van Meer

Artificial replica

I think there are no additional words needed to describe this exhibition, next to the photos of the trees maybe only this two photos complete the story.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Noelanders Trophy 2012 - first impressions

Today was a great day and I would like to share the first impressions from this year’s Noealanders Trophy. For the beginning I’d like to show some trees that made the strongest impression on me and are great by my personal taste.

There will be much more to follow in the next posts.

Pinus Sylvestris - David Benavente

Juniperus Chinesis - Luis Vallejo