In the thirteenth episode of the Bonsai Time Podcast, the renowned Portland, OR-based ceramicist and bonsai artist Michael Hagedorn joined Kevin and Ryan to discuss his time as a Japanese bonsai apprentice, his apprenticeship program in the US, his floating shore pine display in the Pacific Bonsai Expo, his unique invisible slab style plantings, and more! Enjoy the interview!
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I. Pictures from Shinji Suzuki's Garden in Japan (Michael's Bonsai Teacher after Boon)
- https://bonsaitonight.com/2016/02/23/highlights-from-shinji-suzukis-garden/
- https://www.bonsaiempire.com/inspiration/bonsai-japan/shinji-suzuki-taikan
- https://valavanisbonsaiblog.com/2017/05/02/a-visit-to-shinji-suzukis-bonsai-garden-obuse-japan/
II. Pictures from Michael's US apprentices
- John Eads Growing – Left Coast Bonsai
- Andrew Robson Deciduous – Rakuyo Bonsai
- Bobby Curttright Displays - Cascadia Bonsai ~0:59:00
- Carmen Leskoviansky
III. Hagedorn Pottery
IV. Pictures of Michael's hemlocks and his work at the Pacific Bonsai Expo
- Mountain hemlock
V. Pictures of the World War Bonsai Display at the Pacific Bonsai Museum created by Aarin Packard
- https://pacificbonsaimuseum.org/on-view/exhibits/world-war-bonsai-remembrance-resilience/
- https://iexaminer.org/artist-erin-shigaki-and-pacific-bonsai-museum-curator-aarin-packard-collaborate-to-create-world-war-bonsai-remembrance-and-resilience/
- https://nwasianweekly.com/2020/08/world-war-bonsai-remembrance-resilience-on-view-now/
VI. Pictures of other trees in the Pacific Bonsai Expo
- Including... Peter Tea’s work, Matt Reel work, bougainvilea, Jonas’s holly, Hinoki, Jeremiah Lee, Ryan Neil/Randy Knight trees, Eric Schrader, PBM tree, et. al.
- https://crataegus.com/2022/11/22/photo-gallery-pacific-bonsai-expo-22/
- https://www.pacificbonsaiexpo.com/pages/2022-award-winning-displays
- https://bonsaitonight.com/2022/12/16/small-and-medium-displays-at-the-pacific-bonsai-expo/
- https://bonsaitonight.com/2022/12/09/conifers-at-the-pacific-bonsai-expo/
- https://bonsaitonight.com/2022/12/05/deciduous-bonsai-at-the-pacific-bonsai-expo/
- https://bonsaitonight.com/2022/11/26/scoring-broadleaf-evergreen-bonsai-at-the-expo/
- https://bonsaitonight.com/2022/11/20/pacific-bonsai-expo-recap/
- https://valavanisbonsaiblog.com/2022/11/12/pacific-bonsai-expo-part-3/
- https://valavanisbonsaiblog.com/2022/11/15/pacific-bonsai-expo-part-4/
- https://valavanisbonsaiblog.com/2022/11/15/pacific-bonsai-expo-bonus-part-5/
- https://www.bonsaiempire.com/blog/pbe-2022
VII. Michael's invisible slab planting trees made with nylon or corian bases, muck walls, and covered in moss.
- Nylon board examples
- https://crataegus.com/2012/03/31/mountain-hemlock-on-levitated-nylon-board/
- https://crataegus.com/2017/03/21/shore-pine-on-a-metal-post/
- https://crataegus.com/2018/08/21/a-juniper-orchid-to-go-with-our-pine-orchid/
- https://crataegus.com/2013/04/01/vine-maple-tower-experiment/
- cutting board screwed together for the cascading vine maple. Covered with sphagnum, twine, cheesecloth, and accents
- https://crataegus.com/2020/10/30/vine-maple-boot-revisit/
- https://crataegus.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/dsc_0219.jpg
- https://crataegus.com/2019/03/05/east-meets-west-chojubai-on-riding-spur/
- Nylon board drilled metal attachment into as well as used a propane torch to bend the nylon.
- Corian board examples
- https://crataegus.com/2015/01/15/very-large-mtn-hemlock-clump/
- https://crataegus.com/2020/01/30/minimalist-hemlock-styling/
- Shows painting the edge of the slab and poking holes in the muck wall too so the wall does not get filled with water.
- https://crataegus.com/2022/05/06/cantilevered-ancient-vine-maple-on-a-board/
- Vine maple on corian board. He details more about getting the sphagnum to adhere via corn starch and akadama fines to bind the sphagnum. Seems like a custom Muck recipe.
- Muck mound/misc examples
- https://crataegus.com/2011/10/10/revisting-a-2009-ezo-spruce/
- https://crataegus.com/2011/02/11/another-yamadori-rocky-mtn-juniper/
- This article doesn’t show it on the slab but it is on one in Michael's portfolio
- https://crataegus.com/2011/08/28/three-years-of-a-spruced-up-engelmann/
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