A good turnout with many helpful members. Andrea and I were impressed with the traffic directors in the grassy parking area in front of the church.
Several tables were dedicated to suiseki (videwing stone) display, a good addition to any exhibit.
A well developed jade tree moyogi in a nice Chinese pot. Critique: The tree is shown with wire on. The apex is slightly to the left of the base.
The pot is off-center on the dai. The slab dai is appropriate to the bonsai. The accent plant is too close to the bonsai. The pot is oiled and
burnished nicely.
Butonwood chokan (formal upright). Critique: Good branch placement but the tree does not appear to have a back branch. The accent plant is too small
for the scale of the bonsai, and needs its own separate dai. There is inexplicable blue tape on the dai. The pot is marred with tape residue. The
pot is slightly undersized and appears not to have been oiled and burnished.
A beautiful starflower moyogi. Good branch placement and the apex is over the base. The right sized accent is too close to the bonsai and should, perhaps,
be on the other side to better suggest the movement of the tree, which would also accord with the tree placement in the right side of the pot. The glazed
pot is of good size, shape, and color, but the pot should be centered on the dai.
I was well impressed with this formal upright. Critique: Good nebari. The tree may be better placed slightly more to the left of center in the pot, which is
the right size and shape. The pot appears wet with oil and would benefit from burnishing with a dry cloth. The slab dai is appropriate to the bonsai,
but the bonsai should be centered on the dai and the accent plant should have its own dai. The accent is too small for the bonsai display and too close
Some great small bonsai and shohin but the display is too crowded. The bonsai are all centerd on their dai, and unglazed pots are well burnished.
Accents are too big and are not paired with bonsai.
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