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Bonsai By The Harbour
Posted: June 14th, 2009, 7:54 pm
by Leigh Taafe
Hi,
Just got back from Bonsai By The Harbour in Sydney. It was a good weekend full of great demos and discussions. I didn't get any pics.....forgot the camera! Did anyone else get along? Maybe had some piccies?
Clinton Nesci did some work on a fantastic juniper.....I have a friend who got some photos of it after he did some final refining, she will be sending me copies on CD, once I get it I will post them for you all.
Cheers,
Leigh.
Re: Bonsai By The Harbour
Posted: June 16th, 2009, 6:09 pm
by Bretts
C'mon guys some one must have taken some pictures?
Re: Bonsai By The Harbour
Posted: June 16th, 2009, 10:56 pm
by kcpoole
I have a friend who was there and took some
She is supposed to send them to me and is I will post 'em when I get 'em
Ken
Re: Bonsai By The Harbour
Posted: June 17th, 2009, 3:05 pm
by kcpoole
Here are some photos of Clinton's Demo tree
Enjoy
Ken
Re: Bonsai By The Harbour
Posted: June 17th, 2009, 3:17 pm
by Bretts
Thats a very intresting tree I think it should be called Krama
I can't help but smile when I look at it. Looking forward to seeing it settle into it's new look.
Re: Bonsai By The Harbour
Posted: June 18th, 2009, 2:40 am
by Steven
Thanks for posting them Ken!
There is so much movement, it looks like it is dancing. I'd love to see a before shot if there is one available!? Better still, I'd love to hear Clinton tell us about the demonstration and his vision for Juniper
What do you say Clinton?
S.
Re: Bonsai By The Harbour
Posted: June 18th, 2009, 8:14 am
by kcpoole
Steven wrote:Thanks for posting them Ken!
There is so much movement, it looks like it is dancing. I'd love to see a before shot if there is one available!? Better still, I'd love to hear Clinton tell us about the demonstration and his vision for Juniper
What do you say Clinton?
S.
Sorry no before ones I think.
And yes maybe clinton will give a description
Re: Bonsai By The Harbour
Posted: June 18th, 2009, 9:04 am
by Leigh Taafe
Clinton did have a photo of the tree....a before + before shot. He had done a bit of work to the top of the tree before he started the demo. I was talking to Clinton on Sunday about photos of the tree, and he said that he is not very good with computers and technology, so I fear, firstly that he may not know how to scan the photo to put here, and secondly, that he may not spend alot of time on the internet in order to come and visit this forum. Maybe you could lend him a hand Ken.
Cheers,
Leigh.
Re: Bonsai By The Harbour
Posted: June 18th, 2009, 9:54 am
by Lynette
I forgot my camera also. Got to Kempesy and saw a group of casurina I wanted a photo of, went for the camera and relised I had left it behind. one and a half hours each way back to get it was to far, so no photos. It was a very interesting seminar and the talk by the professional photographer was a great. I was supposed to put some photos of my demo up. I will now do a shortened version on the weekend and get some photos.
Lynette
Re: Bonsai By The Harbour
Posted: June 18th, 2009, 1:40 pm
by kcpoole
Leigh Taafe wrote:Clinton did have a photo of the tree....a before + before shot. He had done a bit of work to the top of the tree before he started the demo. I was talking to Clinton on Sunday about photos of the tree, and he said that he is not very good with computers and technology, so I fear, firstly that he may not know how to scan the photo to put here, and secondly, that he may not spend alot of time on the internet in order to come and visit this forum. Maybe you could lend him a hand Ken.
Cheers,
Leigh.
The ones I posted came from Clinton and he said on tuesday that was all he had.
You are right Leigh, Clinton is much better with Bonsai than Computers

Re: Bonsai By The Harbour
Posted: June 18th, 2009, 3:33 pm
by Mojo Moyogi
I have 5 or 6 J. procumbens 'Nana' that are about this size and have been sitting around in grow bags for 3 years while I tried to figure out what to do with them. Clinton's tree has given me a bit of inspiration. Thanks!
MM
Re: Bonsai By The Harbour
Posted: June 18th, 2009, 5:50 pm
by Leigh Taafe
Hey Ken,
It was not a "pre-demo" shot.......it was an old photo that he had brought along. He had done a bit of work to the top since the photo had been taken and prior to the demo. He had the photo there with him and passed it around whilst he was doing his demo.
Cheers,
Leigh.
Re: Bonsai By The Harbour
Posted: June 18th, 2009, 6:27 pm
by AnneK
Hi Everyone,
Just to set the record straight; Clinton's Juniper was not worked on the night before as implied. He said at the beginning it had a previous owner who is no longer with us. That he first started to style this neglected tree at an "Ideas Summit" probably two years ago. I saw that one too! That original demonstration was an equally good one as was this follow-up at the Harbour.
If you sit at a keyboard the rest of your natural… guess what? Your're going to miss a lot!
An excellent weekend, so many enthusiastic people actually made it there. Can they do it all again this weekend, please?
Never mind if you missed the Harbour, this years "Summit" approaches fast and with Peter Adams it should prove to be an event not to miss. Though I will not be accepting the label placed on attendees by another contributor earlier in the year.
My only suggestion to improve the Harbour, would be the use of some large moveable sound baffling boards to be placed around the noisy demos.
Great weekend, will definitely go again. AnneK
Re: Bonsai By The Harbour
Posted: June 18th, 2009, 7:35 pm
by Bretts
If you sit at a keyboard the rest of your natural… guess what? Your're going to miss a lot!
Not everyone is lucky enough to be so close to so much Bonsai action Anne.
Re: Bonsai By The Harbour
Posted: June 18th, 2009, 8:45 pm
by Leigh Taafe
Clinton's Juniper was not worked on the night before as implied
Not sure where this was implied. Definately not implied by me.