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By bonsai artist Harry Harrington.
Harry Harrington is a father of two from Oxford now based in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. He started bonsai in 1995 and is entirely self-taught. An acclaimed artist specializing in deciduous trees, he also has a reputation for his deadwood carving and as a bonsai teacher.
Books by Harry Harrington have now been read in over 40 different countries around the world and translated into 6 different languages.
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Doncaster bonsai experience
Finally back from the Doncaster Bonsai Experience today and what another great event it has been today. Huge crowds that lined up around the car park for the 9am opening and a good day of sales. Tree sales for all vendors seemed to be down as the continued cost of living crisis over here shows it’s face but there were great sales of books, tools and probio_carbon products. Pictured here are Syed Ali Abbass @owlsandbonsais and anonymous Paul working the stand and Syed’s amazing new purchase, a huge Olive bonsai that we will no doubt see more of in the future. I’d also like to thank Alex of the @europeanbonsaipottercollective for booking us into a really dodgy estate pub with prison cells above it, where we stayed last night, ironically called the “Wheatley Hotel” 🤣🤣 ThNks to everyone who came and visited us and we’ll see you next year on February! . . #bonsai #doncaster #show
Close Doncaster bonsai experience
Draw knives on the store now
Ive managed to locate a reliable source of drawknives for the Bonsai4me.com/store and they are now available at a very keen price. One of what I consider the most important half dozen tools for bonsai, drawknives are excellent for fast and efficient bark removal when creating deadwood as well as a variety of jobs including weeding! I will also have a number of these available at Doncaster tomorrow as well as the Heathrow Show next weekend. Just £17 each. https://bonsai4me.com/store/#!/Drawknife-for-creating-Deadwood-by-hand/p/589697122 . . #bonsai #drawknife #deadwood
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Scots Pine bonsai
So…this is a Scots Pine bonsai that I picked up at the UKBA auction in January, it was then sold and I was commissioned by the new owner to sort it out. This I was very pleased to do as it’s a tree that I worked on at a workshop in 2018, and my advice to the then owner was to to repot it and allow it to grow freely for at least a year instead of chopping back at any sign of life in Spring in the futile hope that doing this would create some backbudding…… Unsurprising the previous owner didn’t repot and didnt stop chipping away at any growth the tree put out every spring and it got nowhere. So….2nd image shows the before pic in January when I won the tree at an auction. 3rd, 4th, 5th photo mages show the cxxp that the tree was trying to grow in. 6th image is last week after a growing season of much more vigorous growth, leading to a tree that is ready to be styled. Pines are so easy. Just sort the soil out and stip listening to the backbudding merchants of doom!! . . #bonsai #pine
Close Scots Pine bonsai
Scots Pine bonsai from apprentice Sean Stolp
More from Saturdays Bonsai4me workshop; a Scots Pine bonsai that apprentice Sean Stolp @seanstolp has re-styled recently and has done a brilliant job of compressing. Originally a freebie tree that he was given, it’s come a long way! . . #bonsai #pine #beforeandafter
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