Pottery
A bonsai pot must not dominate the tree but serve to compliment. Generally speaking, conifers should be placed in a plain non glazed pot. They just look better in them. If you have a tree that has colourful flowers or is of a deciduous variety then a touch of colour in the pot is preferred.
Over the past few months I have been trying to make my own bonsai pots.
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| My first attempt at a bonsai pot. |
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Two drainage holes. It is important to get the name out there.  A pot designed and created by Annie Lin - co founder of All in One Bonsai.
However, after you have dug your fingers into clay, your mind reels at the possibility of making other stuff. After visiting Japan and looking through many Japanese bonsai magazines I have gravitated towards the Japanese style. Simple and elegant.
I then decided to make some tea cups.
This is one that I like. We put this cup into a wood fired kiln.
 Another view from the other side. I started with a ball of clay and slowly pinched until a cup formed. |
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This tea cup was fired in an electric kiln. Different result. Notice the winter bonsai tree I tried to make. This one started off as a tea cup but took on a different shape. In the end I went with it. It can be used as something else or as a display on a shelf? Again, wood fired for 4 days!  A mini bowl.  We have found a great pottery teacher who taught us how to make this unusual tea pot. It ended up taking 12 hours to make! Everything you see is made from 100% clay. Even the 'nails'. From this point I thought...fruit bowl!  This bowl was fired in a gas kiln. I thought the glaze was great. |
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| Some fruit adds colour. Taiwan lychees are very tasty! |
So making pottery over the past few months has been a lot of fun. In the meantime I have moved into another apartment in Taipei that has a rooftop. It is on this rooftop that I hope to build a place to house my growing number of bonsai trees.
I plan on uploading more of mine and Annie's pottery soon.
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