Apprentice Talk & Bonsai Brainstorming with Julian Tsai & Andy Bello - Bonsai Time Podcast Ep 04

           Hear ye, hear ye! Today marks the release of the fourth episode of the Bonsai Time Podcast hosted by myself and a fellow Columbus-based bonsai friend, Kevin Faris. In today's episode, I dug up the pilot test interview I did back in May of 2020 with Julian Tsai and Andy Bello. Julian is a former apprentice of Fujikawa Kouka-en bonsai nursery in Japan and Andy is a former apprentice-turned assistant curator at the US National Bonsai & Penjing Museum in Washington, DC. We discussed our observations in bonsai around the world and spent the last half of the interview brainstorming styling ideas for reader-submitted trees. Hopefully seeing our thought process can be helpful in styling trees in your collection! We welcome submissions of additional trees for us to discuss in the future here. 

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Submitted Trees for Bonsai Brainstorm

            The following trees are in the same order as they are discussed in the interview. Thanks to all those who submitted!  You can submit a tree to be discussed in a future episode here. Feel free to share your alternative ideas in the comments as this is intended to be a thought exercise experiment for all.

Blog Announcements

• With spring spring-ing for us northerners, now is the perfect time to start some bonsai seeds! As always, all the seeds I sell come with my 10-Year Bonsai From Seed Guide (freshly updated for 2022!). See my Sales Page for more details on my offerings. There are about 30 new species of seeds listed this year. Hope they are useful to you!
• -10% of all sales go to charities in Ukraine, as outlined in last month's post "Making the "Glory to Ukraine, Peace to Ukraine! / Слава Україні, мир Україні!" Bonsai Display".
• The Columbus Bonsai Society has a new website! If you're in the area, join us at our next meeting on May 14th-15 where we will have workshops and a presentation with Sergio Cuan.