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!!!!

It´s been a while since I´ve posted the last update about the progresses here at my new place.. work has been pretty intense though… Being about half the way I finally got time ( thanks to Easter and snow) to post some pictures…

It´s basically still a Berlinstyle Fabrikhalle, with its unique atmosphere. It´s a place for bonsaists and bonsai fans to work, think, plan, learn, exchange experiences, find some new things and relax. Hope You´ll enjoy some pics of the indoor part, in the meanwhile I´ll keep on working on the outdoor part, entrance, collection display space, outdoor tokonomas & Co…

I added some material in progressions, on a 1 meter tall goyo-matsu. The sylvestris progression will require more space, since I found some more pictures, I´m working on that. Here a preview picture of the tree, before a further styling and before having found a better pot for it.

Here a pic of the goyo matsu, the sequence has been categorised under ” Progressions “.

PS:

It´s getting official, I´ll start soon moving my stuff and trees to a new place here in Berlin. It´s a loft not far from here, next to the citycenter. Around 600 sqm. indoor surface, with a 400 sqm. outdoor garden. It´s still a sort of blank space, I´ll post this unusual work in progress under Workshop category, along the weeks. It will be a challenging experience and I´m really excited to start working in that space!!

I added some material in the various galleries, shot some new pics in the inspirational category and I´m preparing right now the material for a progression of a scots pine I´m styling since some years.. A workshop has been held last weekend at my place, and I hope pictures are not too bad to be uploaded in that page of the blog!!!

sideview of a suiseki uploaded recently.. height of the stone: 22 cm.

First of all thanks to KoB for this Blog and for the opportunity of sharing my experiences in this dynamic, challenging way!

Hello, I´m working on this blog, trying to find a form for sharing some materials with a bit of order.. It´s a great fun and I´m really glad of it! Let´s see what happens next…