The Bonsai Blog of Andrea Melloni

Some cropping and deadwood carving on this Araki .. the nebari is around 50 cm wide, with a stunning deadwood part. I started working on the canopy, giving a first direction to the branches, some cropping and carving on a chainsaw cut on the  deadwood top part. The under branches will need to get thicker and I will let them grow till the next season.

before

detail of chainsaw cuts before carving

chainsaw cuts after carving, from the frontside

after the first step

detail on natural deadwood..

Some other progresses on the setting up of my working place here in Berlin, Germany..

Back with good news from BCD Congress 2009 in Erfurt.. a tree of mine ( japanese black pine) won the gold medal in the chuhin category ( 3 categories in total). I´m really honoured of this prize and happy for the amazing atmosphere and organisation at the event.Nochmals vielen Dank!!

the other winners:
“Kleine Bäume” (bis 30 cm):
Gold: Weißdorn, Manfred van Eick
Silber: Shohin-Regal, Manfred Jochum
Bronze: Scheinzypresse, Edgar Blettenberg
PdJ: Shohin-Regal, Manfred van Eick

“Mittlere Bäume” (bis 60 cm):
Gold: Jap. Schwarzkiefer, Andrea Melloni
Silber: Europ. Lärche, Hartmut Münchenbach
Bronze: Eibe, Thomas Nägele
PdJ: Hainbuche, Jürgen Stodt
Bergkiefer, Hartmut Münchenbach
Europ. Lärche, Hans Kastner
Steinweichsel, Gerhard Holzer
Schneeball, Uwe Krötenheerdt

“Große Bäume” (über 60 cm):
Gold: Mirabelle, Hartmut Münchenbach
Silber: Ajan-Fichten-Wald
Bronze: Hakenkiefer, Vaclav Novak
PdJ: Hakenkiefer, Vaclav Novak
Waldkiefer, Ralf Steiner
Waldkiefer, Gerhard Holzer
Birke, Hermann Haas
Waldkiefer, Christian Przybylski

and now  back to work…

PS: my place changed a lot in the meanwhile.. pics will follow soon!!!!