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john armitage bonsai s blog for the love of shohin bonsai primary menu skip to content about japan 2007 hints and tips gallery shohin gallery sales workshops talks and demos john armitage bonsai s blog for the love of shohin bonsai post navigation older posts the yorkshire bonsai association posted on march 6 2018 by johnarmitagebonsai 4 comments last night we had our first meeting of the reborn yorkshire bonsai association it ceased to be about 12 years ago when i was preparing to go to japan to spend time studying under the urushibatas at taishoen no one wanted to take over the chair so the association folded up apart from a couple of half hearted attempts by myself to do something meaningful in the leeds area the district has been without a bonsai society ever since i gave up waiting for someone else to start one and decided to at least get people together and see if there is a desire and a need for such a group last night saw a small group of us some ex members including a previous chairperson and some from other clubs join together and discuss the viability whilst doing what we all set out to do in the first place enjoy bonsai what was quite clear with the amount of experience in the room is that we all wanted to avoid the administration and politics at all cost we want to spend our time pruning wiring well some of us displaying chatting etc etc all the fun bits we welcome everyone that loves bonsai and just wants to improve and enjoy their trees there is no membership fee just a nominal fee to cover the room rent and that s it everyone is welcome http www yorkshirebonsai co uk hope to see you soon boot sale and the yorkshire bonsai association posted on march 6 2018 by johnarmitagebonsai 1 comment despite the terrible weather of the last week the doncaster boot sale at markham grange was a resounding success with more visitors and traders than previous events although the weather caused a few traders to pull out hopefully they will there for the autumn one the other reason for my attendance as i didn t have too much to sell was to test the water for the autumn event as running along side the sale will be an exhibition of shohin bonsai between me and friends we staged some displays to see any pitfalls we might have the melting snow on the roof showed us that despite the lovely natural light any rain could give the trees an unexpected watering you live and learn i hope the displays were enjoyed by the visitors none the less the roof problem will be solved by september as well as the exhibition will be demonstrations throughout the day and an auction put it in your diary 23rd of september next post the yorkshire bonsai association rebirth the yorkshire bonsai association posted on january 25 2018 by johnarmitagebonsai 1 comment as mentioned in my previous post leeds has been missing a bonsai group since the closure of the yorkshire bonsai association at the end of 2006 finally i have gotten around to doing something about it i had hoped that someone else might do it but as the saying goes if you want something doing so i am very pleased to announce that the inaugural meeting of the newly formed yba will take place on monday the 5th of march at 19 30 the venue is the same as it was in the old days st columbas united reform church headingley leeds also as before it will meet on the first monday of the month moving to the second when it falls on a bank holiday in the first meeting i hope to press gang a steering group to take us forwards through 2018 and beyond please share to anyone that might be interested i hope to attract members from the neighbouring clubs where i regularly appear with the intention to build a camaraderie that will be to everyone s benefit please get in touch if you want any further info best wishes to all john life is what happens whilst you are busy making other plans posted on january 14 2018 by johnarmitagebonsai 1 comment a lot of the plans and promises in respect to regular blog posts that i made for 2017 didn t quite make it to fruition it s not that i have been lazy maybe but a combination of work relocating my trees thank goodness they are shohin writing for esprit bonsai club visits monaco workshops and all the other day to day life stuff i hope 2018 will be more organised and less frantic although i am already filling every spare minute apart from my usual bonsai activities i am now the proud occupier of an allotment so far the bind weed is the only thing thriving at the site in the last few days i have started making arrangements to restart the yorkshire bonsai association some might remember the yba in its heyday it had over 100 members as did many clubs i resigned as the chair prior to my first trip to taishoen sadly there wasn t anyone to take over so the group ceased leeds has been devoid of a bonsai group ever since until now i hope anyway it s early days all being well it will be at the original venue of st columbas united reform church in headingly and on the original day of the first monday of the month pm email me for more info that goes for club visits too belated happy new year wishes to all john york bonsai society evening talk and demo posted on april 11 2017 by johnarmitagebonsai 1 comment i was delighted to return to the york bonsai society last night in my quest to further shohin bonsai in the uk and was pleased relieved to see so many attend i brought some of my shohin with me a two and a five tree display and gave a talk demo and finished with a critique chat about some of the trees members had brought along some really nice shohin are being developed here and i was more than happy to give any tips and advice i could to help keep them going in the right direction one problem with shohin demonstrations is the diminutive nature of the subject it s hard to see much from the back of the room plus it took about ten wires to wire the complete tree so to make it a bit more interesting and show a few other techniques it was planted on a rock a good final image resulted and the evening was most enjoyable that s the thing it should be fun it is our hobby after all it s great to be back doing demonstrations and to be passing on some of my enthusiasm for shohin if anybody else would like me to visit your club please do drop me an email plus as people are showing some interest i will be arranging some informal workshops at my studio in leeds very soon shohin drop in so to speak i ll advertise here and on my facebook page when a date is confirmed spring is in the air posted on march 14 2017 by johnarmitagebonsai 5 comments spring must have arrived as we have finally bitten the bullet and gotten around to finally clearing what was once my studio once i ran regular workshops from here although it s hard to believe looking at it now the half way point just a selection of the shohin bonsai stands i have i have more stands than trees final result next job is to throw a bit of paint around and try to make it a bit brighter then it will be open for business markham grange garden centre spring bonsai boot sale posted on march 9 2017 by johnarmitagebonsai 1 comment the spring bonsai boot sale at markham grange was certainly the busiest yet a few professional traders but mostly hobbiests hoping to pass on their tree excesses that we all have trees are always priced to sell and an ideal opportunity to pick up a tree or two to play with not knowing what the footfall would be like i took a little juniper and a few feet of wire to play with bought the weekend before from ken leaver of windybank bonsai i had always envisaged it becoming a mame size tree the tree has a great little trunk but dead straight branches these will become jin and have a bit of shape put in them too literally half an hour s work still needs a pot and a bend putting in the jin a good productive morning next spring cleaning my studio looking towards the future posted on march 4 2017 by johnarmitagebonsai 1 comment one of the major influences that caused my swing to smaller bonsai whilst in japan was the accessibility of good affordable material material that with a bit of effort can give you results to be proud of i am firm believer that shohin should be for everyone but rarely is this sort of material is available in the uk when it is the hoops that importers have to jump through make these once affordable trees now a seriously considered purchase garden centres that were once our hunting grounds for raw material have little in the way of worthwhile stock anymore anyway at swindon i picked up a few bundles of larch and some other bits with an eye for the future aiming to develop these as quality material for shohin no straight sticks in pots here these along with tridents itoigawa junipers and other self propagated stock should keep me and others entertained in the years to come bonsai car boot sale posted on february 28 2017 by johnarmitagebonsai leave a comment doncaster spring bonsai car boot sale is this sunday march 5th at markham grange garden centre brodsworth near doncaster i m going along with a good selection of trees in varying price ranges and in various stages of development for sale this boot sale is open 9am 12pm i m also planning on sorting out my accent plants as well so hoping that i ll be able to pick up some materials for those at this event hopefully see a few familiar faces there swindon winter image show 2017 posted on february 26 2017 by johnarmitagebonsai leave a comment well it was a good start to the bonsai year at swindon today and a good start for me back in to the world of little trees in pots the swindon show has always had a reputation of being a high class show within the uk and this year certainly didn t disappoint fantastic organisation and brilliant displays by the many and varied exhibitors being at swindon has usefully stimulated the old grey matter and given me plenty of ideas for the coming 18 months speaking to the organisers of other shows and club members has given me something to aim for with my trees i ve picked up some interesting material for demonstrations and some for developing i intend to post regular updates here of both new and old material i am developing hints and tips and updates on when and where you can find me around the country a portion of my shohin display post navigation older posts create a free website or blog at wordpress com john armitage bonsai s blog create a free website or blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed john armitage bonsai s blog join 51 other subscribers sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy john armitage bonsai s blog subscribe subscribed sign up log in report this content view site in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required website design a site like this with wordpress com get started