Welcome to All in One Bonsa

Bitten by the Bug


Welcome to All in One Bonsai...a blog that aims to remind me of what I have forgotten. Over the years I have been finding out as much as I can about the art of bonsai. I hope the information in this blog will shed some light to the beginning bonsai enthusiast out there.


I saw some bonsai trees at a corner market one night in Taipei and asked the guy if he was willing to teach me how to create these miniature trees. He directed me to a night school where all the instruction was in Chinese. My Chinese ability is very ordinary at the least so although I was learning bits and pieces, I really wasn't getting all I wanted from the course. The best parts were when the teacher would start pruning a beautiful tree or when he showed us how to repot a bonsai. The mystery was still out there but my interest wasn't waning, if anything it fueled my motivation to find out more. And so I did.


Let the adventure begin...


Recently I have discovered the joy of pottery. Bonsai and pottery are close friends so it was only a matter of time before I was introduced to her. Welcome to All in One Bonsai...and pottery.


Feel free to visit my site where you can purchase some of my handmade pottery. Quite a few pieces have been wood fired as it is the prefered method here in Taiwan:


Esty Shop: AllinoneCeramics




Thursday 3 October 2013

Little Things

 
From Little Things...
 
 

Last week I sat down and decided to make some small bonsai pots to house some small trees I plan to buy in the future.  I wanted to make these pots pretty tiny to put two cascading trees in them. 

The first one I made I chose not to glaze.  I wanted it to look natural.


I experimented by mixing clay and an already fired piece.  I smashed up the fired piece and kneading it into my clay. 

The base with one drainage hole.


An Australian two dollar coin to give some perspective.


A tiny pot made from Japanese white clay.


A small tree with tiny flowers would look good in this pot.  Any suggestions?

I tried a jade colored glaze - didn't quite work out the way I wanted but it still does the job. 


I also made a small dish with three legs.

Black satin glaze.  I can see some jelly beans covering this dish very soon.


Because I put this dish on a marble coffee table I stuck some clear protective rubber circles on each of the feet.

 


1 comment:

  1. very impressed with that seal you press into the bottom. very classy!

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