Literati Style Bonsai
Traditionally literati bonsai have trunks that twist and turn in multiple often dramatic curves usually have slender trunks which have no lower branches to speak of and have an obvious lack of nebari in most cases.
Literati style bonsai. Chinese bonsai masterworks focuses on a special category of penjing associated with traditional chinese culture such as the painting of the literati or elite scholar bureaucrats of imperial china. Our objective was straightforward. It is also known as the literati style. In most cases all would be acceptable.
My thanks go to all of those that took images during the workshop particularly tony roberts. This style derives its name from the chinese literati who were often artists. In his book on chinese bonsai penjing. Feb 9 2019 explore cheung9093 s board bonsai literati on pinterest.
Literati style set in what looks like a antique chinese pot then placed off center on irregiular oval piece of stained wood. Scots pine literati bonsai styling sbr3 sweden 2019 page 1. Indoor bonsai tree bonsai trees juniper bonsai bonsai garden ikebana evergreen planter pots gardening android apps. See more ideas about bonsai bonsai tree bonsai garden.
Elegant simplistic clean tall slender or flowing. Like literati ink paintings this style of penjing has a subtle elegance distinguished by a lone lean trunk with sparse foliage exhibiting distinct lines and simplicity. The names are used interchangeably. To style each of the 11 particpants trees together so that each bonsai was the product of both sam s and my input.
A general bonsai cannon states that there is symmetry in asymmetry and balance in unbalance. Literati style approach.