Czech Yamadori

Ji-ita_A wood slab_part 2 Another great day in woodlands.  A round tour to pay a visit to  "my"  trees that I keep in mind as a potential objects for collection.  The summer this year was quite friendly in terms of the amount of rainfall so all the trees were reasonably OK. Just a small appetizer. A small Prunus mahaleb - a possible shohin Yamadori_Prunus mahaleb NOW. WHERE ARE THE SLABS??? OK. Here we go. Then on the way home I have found a burl on a fallen willow tree.  Not a very big one but the size for me is almost perfect taking into account I use a manual foxtail saw for cutting the slabs. A burl _willow_possibly healed remains of the broken branch? Hardly can wait to harvest this one on my next trip to this area. In the meantime please find a few shots - burls and a slab in making - before the final coating A burl suvel on the right and a burl cap on the left Suvel: a tumor like swelling caused by a strees - di...

Bonsai stands_Ji-ita boards I have always a plan to make my own bonsai stand(s).   After all, I am a Czech and there is a common believe in our country ( rather a wishfull thinking ) that the Czechs have golden hands -  meaning very manually skilled. Looking at my first attempts on the ji ita boards I have some doubts that the statement in the first paragraph covers ALL the Czechs. The first ji ita board  is an apple tree - a simple transverse cut with some additional carving of the edge.   I do like the nicely coloured wood core. Dimension:  190*180*10 mm The second one comes from the locust tree and it has a partial burl in it.  Again this one is made from solid wood and the top is an authentic partial burl. No veneer as you can see on the edge - compare with the apple ji ita board. Dimension: 190*130*9 mm There are nearly a dosen new ones in production.  All  from a locust tree burl. I hope I will get better and bett...