Ceramics South East

Over the weekend of 26-28th June I attended the prestigious Ceramics South East Festival. There were over 70 potters from the South East of the UK and a few international potters. I set up my stand on the Thursday, my work and the Bonsai I desplayed was well received. Along with other things there was a attempt to break the Guiness World record for the most number of pots thrown in one hour, all pots had to be the same size and thrown to a gauge. The current record stood at 87 and the holder of the record for the past 7 years was there to defend her title. The record was smashed with an incredible 150 pots by Billy Byles from the Aylesford Pottery in Kent. Well done Billy nice to see the record now resides in Kent. Here are a few pictures of the weekend including my stand and the record attempt

Andy "Stone Monkey" Pearson on 29 Jun 2009 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Kent Bonsai Show Part 2

The weather over the weekend was glorious and there was a very good standard of trees exhibited. Here are a few more pictures of the weekend

Les on loan from the Wirral Crew
The former “Italian Job” now renamed by Simon as “Sleeping Dragon” or in Italian should be proper “Drago Addormentato” as the dead wood at soil level resembles a dragons skull


Keith W’s Maple on Rock

Andy "Stone Monkey" Pearson on 16 Jun 2009 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Kent Bonsai Show Part 1

Over the weekend 0f 13th & 14th June 09 a Bonsai weekend was held at The Bonsai Shop, owned by Nick Pearce, in Dargate near Whitstable in Kent. A good weekend was had by all in the weather was glorious. Here are a few shots of the weekend.

Les’ Juniper just repotted


Dean in carving mode

An Azalea belonging to a Kent Bonsai Club member

Me in carving mode

Deans White Pine

Time for a cuppa

Keiths Hawthorn

Keiths Landscape

Keith W’s Birch on Rock

The 3 wise Monkies

Stone Monkey Ceramics

My Yew

Dean’s Juniper

Dean on the job

The club display

More to follow in part 2

Andy "Stone Monkey" Pearson on 16 Jun 2009 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)

The Final Journey of “Big H”

I collected this Hawthorn with Mick Sherman back in 2004. It has been a long road but the final image came to me today whilst sitting at my desk in London and doing some virtual, if crude, pruning and placing of foliage. So much so that I have a good feeling about my first BIG piece of Yamadori.
The collected tree on a rainy November day up North.

The first repot back at Mick’s house after the long drive home.

The tree last year, and after the first styling. Very healthy and full of vigour!

And now for some virtual pruning and styling, not that good mind but the idea is there. Hmmm best get my potters head on and see what I can come up with.

Andy "Stone Monkey" Pearson on 13 May 2009 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)

More Stone Monkey Show Dates

I am going to sell my pots at a few extra shows this year. Please see http://www.stonemonkeyceramics.co.uk/news.asp

Andy "Stone Monkey" Pearson on 21 Apr 2009 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Best of British Bonsai Show Video Footage

 For a video tour of the show courtesy of Gerry at Dragon Bonsai click this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en-GB&v=K9Jr1Kd_2VU

Andy "Stone Monkey" Pearson on 21 Apr 2009 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Pots for The Best of British Bonsai Show

Here are a small selection of some of the pots that will be going to the Best of British Bonsai Show in Birmingham on the 11th & 12th April 2009, here is the website http://www.bonsaiinformation.com/BBB2009.htm
Look forward to seeing you there if you are going. There will be some fabulous trees on display and lots of traders

Andy "Stone Monkey" Pearson on 23 Mar 2009 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Some pots for the British Shohin Association Show 28th February

Here are a few pots that will be going North with Simon and myself this weekend to the British Shohin Assocaition show at Willowbog Bonsai http://www.willowbog-bonsai.co.uk/BSA/index.asp

For those of you who are not attending I will post some pictures of the event on my return.

Andy "Stone Monkey" Pearson on 24 Feb 2009 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Noelanders X Winners

Here is the winning tree belonging to Udo Fischer from Germany

Here is the winning Shohin composition by Maartin van der Hoerven and some more pictues courtesy of Walter Pall’s Blog

http://walter-pall-travelogues.blogspot.com/

I think that covers it all, it was the NUTS!
Regards
Andy

Andy "Stone Monkey" Pearson on 21 Jan 2009 | Uncategorized | Comments (2)

Off to Noelanders

Hi All
Well all my pots are priced up in Euros and packed ready to go over to Belgium for the Noelanders Trophy X next Friday 17th Jan to 18th Jan. Its going to be a busy year for me as I have 5 shows to do in all, and the day job, so hopefully the Stone Monkey can make an impression here and there and sell a few of those ceramics things to cover the cost. I will be sure to post a few pictures when I get back for those of you who don’t go.
See you when I get back
Andy

Andy "Stone Monkey" Pearson on 09 Jan 2009 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)

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