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Bonsai Northwest Melbourne Bonsai Northwest Melbourne Established: 1973 February 2019 Newsletter A-19332L In this Issue: Next meeting - 4 February 2019 - Workshop Next meeting Welcome back everyone to a brand new year of bonsai at Bonsai Northwest Inc! Membership renewals Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year break and your bonsai have flourished. Hanh's bend-em twist-em follow up This month we’ll be having a workshop. Just a reminder on how workshops are conducted: if you bring along your tree, remember to bring your own tools and wire so Shane Boyce VTP March that you can work on your tree once you’ve received advice/instructions/ideas on what 2019 meeting to do by our experienced member. The experienced members are there to guide you AGM, BBQ and auction on your tree only, which then allows them to continue to move around the room and help others. This will allow everyone a chance at seeking advice and guidance. Lessons from Japanese Garden Design Part 1 The Library will be open from 7pm and will close at 8pm. Please return books and magazines from your holiday reading. Remember it’s free to borrow from the library, but we will charge you late fees if you don’t return your items. The Sales table will be Club Details open. www.bonsainorthwest.com.au [email protected] PO Box 1091 Niddrie Victoria 3042 President: David Nassar Contact: Barry 0422 619 641 Meetings are held at the Aberfeldie Community Club, 7B Batman St Essendon at 7:30pm on the first Monday of the month (no meeting in January) Social Media Click on icon to access: Membership renewals Thank you to all who paid on time at the December Meeting and online over Christmas. Memberships are now overdue. Please pay at the February meeting if you have not yet paid. Alternatively, direct debit with you surname as reference to: Bonsai Northwest Bendigo Bank BSB 633-000 A/C 147463939 bonsai_northwest We don’t want to be chasing you on workshop nights as it means less time helping members with their trees. Hanh's bend-em twist-em follow up For the members who participated in our Bend-em Twist-em sessions with Hahn last year, bring your pines in so Hahn can show us the next steps to creating a Bonsai. We will keep a table clear at the start of the workshop night for us. Shane Boyce VTP March 2019 meeting The club is bringing out Shane Boyce from Tasmania as part of the AABC Visiting Tutor programme in March 2019. Please see attached biography on Shane for more information. Shane is conducting workshops on Sunday March 3rd. We are taking bookings for 9am-12pm and 1-4pm. There is a maximum of 6 people per session to get plenty of time for Shane to see everyone. Workshop fees are $30 each. Club member observers are free, non-members $5. Call or text (0422 619641 Barry) or reply email the club to secure your spot. There are only 12 workshop positions, so don't hold back. Get in early! AGM, BBQ and auction Wow, what a December 2018 meeting we had! 95 members attended the final meeting of 2018 where our AGM took place, followed by a fantastic free BBQ and then closed the night off with auctioning off bonsai items. What a night!! The food was fabulous and thank you to all the volunteers for helping prepare, cook and bake wonderful dishes. Sponsors: Ology.net.au - Damian 0412 698 259 Shane Boyce 27 Talbot Rd South Launceston, Tas.,7249 [email protected] Shane Boyce Bio 2019 My Bonsai obsession started with great enthusiasm in 1982. I went on to study advanced Bonsai techniques with Dorothy Koreshoff and gained my Nippon Bonsai accreditation in 2001. I was an active committee member of the Bonsai Society of Western Australia for 12 years where I conducted many demonstrations and workshops. I was a solo demonstrator at the AABC 2001 Seminar in Perth W.A., as well as being the demonstrators’ assistant with many National and International visiting tutors over the years. I have been travelling to bonsai conventions nationally and internationally since 1995. Favouring the Chinese Penjing philosophy of ‘less is more’, I travel to China regularly to attend conventions and study with Penjing Masters. Upon relocating to Tasmania in 2007 I became a member of the Launceston Bonsai Workshop where I was previously Club Secretary, I am now the President. In 2013 I launched The Bonsai School of Tasmania where I conduct public demonstrations, classes and workshops. I am regularly invited to demonstrate Bonsai at Garden Shows including Entally Garden Fest, the Hobart Garden Symposium and the Blooming Tasmania Festival as well as giving shorter talks and demos at local garden club meetings. I have a strong grounding in horticulture having been in the industry since 1978 and a qualified Horticulturalist since 1983. In 2014 I added Certificate Level Horticulture Trainer to my list of accomplishments and I have been teaching ever since. I approach the arts of Penjing and Bonsai with a horticultural perspective in mind combining both arts with my horticulture knowledge to create and grow unique trees. In 2016 I won the Runner-Up award for one of my Penjing settings in the Chinese Garden of Friendship Penjing National Photo Competition, which was judged by a panel of Penjing Masters in China. I have a relaxed, confident and entertaining presence in front of an audience. Skilled in combining PowerPoint media and live plants in a presentation, I can conduct workshops to suit all levels of experience. My approach to the art of Bonsai/Penjing is kept simple and uncomplicated. Special Subjects While my personal favourite styles are Literati, Twin Trunk and Penjing/Saikei landscapes, I can and do, work with all styles. I am capable of, and happy to, step outside of the ‘triangle’! Classes I Workshops I Demonstrations I Private Consultancy I A.A.B.C. Visiting Tutor I Certified Horticulture Trainer Lessons from Japanese Garden Design by Ian Barnes Part 1 Gardening in Japan has long been a form of artistic expression, using nature imagery as a vehicle. Like painting or sculpture (or indeed, bonsai), gardening is a means of giving physical, sensory form to emotional or spiritual matters. Garden design in Japan has evolved over a 1500 year history. Within that long history, the confluence of complex changes in society, politics, religion, architecture and aesthetics gave rise to new forms of gardens and, more importantly, new ways of perceiving what a garden is – perceptions from which we can draw inspiration for our own creative works in bonsai. History 10,000-300BC Jomon period Hunter/gatherer society. Animistic perception of the natural world. 330BC-300AD Yayoi period Wet rice farming. Bronze and iron implements. Wheel-thrown pottery. 300-552 Kofun period Social order based on clans; imperial line emerges from one clan. 552-710 Asuka period Buddhism and Chinese culture imported into Japan. 710-794 Nara period Development of Shinden architecture. Gardens of nobles modelled on Chinese and Korean forms. 794-1185 Heian period Influence of Geomancy, poetic imagery, Chinese painting, Paradise images. Pond and island style gardens in Shinden residences of aristocrats. Paradise gardens within temples of Pure Land Buddhism. 1185-1333 Kamakura period Development of Castle Towns. Influence of Chinese Literati and Ch’an/Zen Buddhism. 1333-1568 Muromachi period Development of Shoin style architecture and the Hojo garden. Dry landscape gardens of Zen Temples and Samurai residences. Contemplation garden. 1568-1600 Momoyama period Development of Sukiya style architecture. Development of tea ceremony. Tea garden. 1600-1868 Edo period Influence of Neo-Confucianism. Rise of a merchant culture. Development of Machiya architecture (townhouses). Tsubo (courtyard) garden. Stroll garden. Hermitage garden (gardens in retreats built by former samurai turned scholars, priests and tea masters). Modern era: 1868-1912 Meiji period Westernisation of Japan. Many stroll gardens become public parks. 1912-1926 Taisho period 1926-1989 Showa period 1989~ Heisei period Japanese Garden Categories There are 8 broad categories of Japanese garden. They are: the Heian estate garden; the paradise garden; the dry landscape garden; the contemplation garden; the tea garden; the courtyard garden; the stroll garden; and the hermitage garden. Let us look at the typical elements and identifying features of each, by giving a brief commentary on a classic example of each category. (As you read the following descriptions, think about the various underlying design principles and how they may be applied to your bonsai). The Heian Estate Garden During the Heian period (794-1185), nobles perfected a style of estate architecture known as shinden-zukuri (“sleeping-hall architecture”), which consisted of lavish halls and annexes, fronted by large courtyard gardens, and overlooking grand ponds designed to be viewed from shore-side platforms and pavilions. There are no extant gardens from this period. What we know is surmised from images preserved in literature and paintings and from recent excavations. A compilation of all these sources suggests the following layout for a typical shinden-zukuri estate: 1. Western Gate 2. Fishing Pavilion (tsuri dono) 3. Corridor with inner gate (chūmonrō) 4. West Hall (nishi tainoya) 5. Master’s Hall (shinden) 6. Southern Court (nantei) 7. East Hall (higashi tainoya) 8. Winding Stream 9. Corridor with inner gate (chūmonrō) 10. Eastern Gate 11. Wellspring Pavilion (izumi dono) 12. Arched Bridge (soribashi) 13. Central Island (nakajima) 14. Pond The estate centred on the south-facing Main Hall, or shinden (“sleeping-hall”). The master and his family slept in the shinden, which also doubled as the audience chamber for public functions.
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