I always say its nice to be part of somthing that has history behind it. This club has history and seeing it evolve for the past 4.5 years has been awesome. This is been my 4 show and it seems to get better or at least I understand enough to see all the moving parts needed to make this show so great.
The Winter Silhouette Show that Baikoen Bonsai Club present annually for 52 years celebrates the leafless beauty of deciduous trees. In this format of a show there is no hiding of crossed or faulty branching. Its appreciating bonsai at the simplest form: the trunk line and branching.
This year with the renovation of Ayres Hall completed at the Los Angeles Arboretum, it gave the hall a more sophisticated dramatic look with the new black ceilings with the matching black drapery. There were draw backs with the new layout. The LED lighting did not give the bonsai subject the best possible lighting and there were dead spots where lighting was totally absent and just cast shadows on the subjects.
Finally, we moved the layout of the tables around this year and found everybody found it more interesting or continuous as it moves the viewer around the entire hall visiting every single display.
Without further ado the trees! no in any particular order!
Tokonoma Display
Chinese Elm by Marge Blasingame
Up close view of Chinese Elm
Fruiting Pear by Steve Valentine
Up close picture of Cork Elm accent
Pomegranate by Al Nelson
Korean Hornbeam by Alex Marien
Up close view of Hornbeam
Liquidamber by David Miles
Oak by Bob Pressler
Bob Pressler Accent Plant
Shohin Display by Peter Macasieb
Up close view of Root Over Rock Trident Maple
Up close view of Shohin Hornbeam
Up close view of Chojubai Quince Accent
Chinese Elm by Big Joe Galgoul
Japanese Quince by Cheryl Manning
Twisted Pomegranate by David Nguy
Ginko by David Bernstein
Up close view of Ginko trunks
Trident Maple by Lindsay Shiba
Japanese Maple by Dick Ryerson
Oriental Liquidamber by Lindsay Shiba
Korean Hornbeam by June Nguy
Chinese Elm by Elaine Jeche
Suiseki Display by California Aiseki Kai
Chinese Elm by Ken Teh
Cedar Elm by Ray Blasingame
Root over Rock Chinese Elm by Kay Komai
Circle of Sensai Award for Frank Nagata
Suiseki Display by Nina Ragle
Up close view of Chinese Elm
Chinese by Mary Morrissey
Japanese Hornbeam by Jim Barrett
Shohin Display by Larry Ragle
Up close view of Shohin Chinese Elm
Japanese Quince by Tom Lau
Up close of Japanese Quince Flowers
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