Aesthetics


TOPICS COVERED


  • What Makes a Good Bonsai

  • Principles of Design

  • Bonsai Styles

  • Size Categories

  • Nebari

  • Trunk & Tree Movement

  • Asymetry and Balance

  • Branch Ramifications

  • Defining Branch Refinement

  • Character Features

  • Deadwood, Shari & Jins

  • Story of the Tree

  • Displaying Bonsai

 

TOPIC RESOURCES


Deciduous vs. Coniferous Bonsai Styling
Bonsai Empire - Harry Harrington

2018 BSOP Rendezvous - Super Critique
Bonsai Mirai

Bonsai Beginner Series - Finding The Front: Conifers
Bonsai Mirai

Bonsai Beginner Series - Finding The Front: Deciduous
Bonsai Mirai

Japanese Culture & Bonsai Art
Bonsai Network Podcast - Bjorn Bjorholm

Bonsai Styles
Bonsai Empire

Bonsai Styles
Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Shohin Bonsai Introduced
Bonsai Empire

Notes for Bonsai Apprentices
Toronto Bonsai Society

Mame Bonsai
Toronto Bonsai Society

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