Bonsai Slanting Style
Dec 7 2013 the slanting style reflects forces of nature which force the tree to grow other than straight up.
Bonsai slanting style. Especially in japan there are tons of varieties of plants and trees that can be transformed to fit in small pots so young people started to see them less as an art of old era but rather that bonsai can fit in their life style of this day. Basic styles formal upright informal upright slanting cascade semi cascade. As it sounds the trunk of the slanting style bonsai is slanted at an angle to the surface as though the tree was jarred sideways by a strong gust of wind or knocked over in landslide or by another larger tree falling onto it or some other similar natural phenomenon. The trunk can be both straight and curved.
This gives the impression that the bonsai is firmly anchored in its pot. This style is a close cousin of formal upright style bonsai but with a little. In the slanting style the trunk bends along its entire length to the left or to the right. The style of enjoying bonsai has been becoming less formal and more casual.
He made it on the cover photo of spring 2003 volume 37 number 1. However this is not as extreme as the windswept. Informal upright style moyogi style. 1 formal upright style chokkan style.
The formal upright style has classic proportions and is the basis of all bonsai. Slanting bonsai style shakan as a result of the wind blowing in one dominant direction or when a tree grows in the shadow and must bend toward the sun the tree will lean in one direction. The editor of bonsai journal of the american bonsai society liked it as well. See more ideas about bonsai bonsai tree tree.
The only special design requirement it has it that it needs extra room between branches to let both blooms and berries grow. Slanting style shakan style. In this way the roots under the inclined trunk are pressed into the ground. Very strong roots grow in the direction of the inclined trunk.
This firethorn pyracantha is my favorite slant style.