My Life With Bonsai
Dan is a British Artist who has produced an extensive range of artworks across a variety of media and uses a wide range of tools, methods, styles and techniques - he has been at the forefront of British Bonsai for over 50 years. An undisputed innovator, educator, and master of his craft.
For over 25 years, Dan served as a judge for Bonsai at the Chelsea Flower Show and numerous other Royal Horticultural Society shows and has received numerous awards for bonsai trees exhibited at the International Bonsai and Suiseki Exhibition, Osaka, Japan, including the major Award in 1989. He has also received many other International awards for bonsai. He was made a Member of the British Bonsai Roll of Honour (by FoBBS) for contributions to the furtherance of Bonsai within Britain and he was honoured in 2006 by the Association of British Bonsai Artists (ABBA) with their "Most Prestigious Award" for his contribution to British Bonsai. He has been a guest bonsai demonstrator at many Bonsai Conventions in the U.K., most of the European countries, and in America on numerous occasions. Dan has conducted over 500 different teaching programmes.
In this video, Dan talks candidly about his life with bonsai.....
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Hi Dan I could listen to you all day, we are both in our eighties now still doing bonsai, it is bonsai that gets me up at 7am every day, it is bonsai that got me through the lose of my wife in 2017. I started working with bonsai at pretty near the same time as yourself and like you and a few others the information at that time was almost non existent, I scoured garden centres for cheap material to practise on usually stuff the centres had no use for due to various reasons then garden centres were mostly privately owned but now they are all part of big conglomerates, so they all look and sell the same tight range of plants not suitable for using as bonsai, again like yourself I used what ever I could find to use as pots which any way where not available or too expensive. I was a member of two bonsai clubs in the 90s but found them both elitist and not very welcoming so carried on my own way, unfortunately work got in the way plus illness which meant I had to sell all my trees and start again later but the same thing happened again so gave up for a long time, now I have around 80 odd trees but like you I am crippled with arthritis so not able to work on raw material. People ask me which are My favourite trees and are surprised when I show them a couple I styled many many years ago and managed to keep which are far from perfect but they take me right back to that time with fond memories, I also have a couple of your pots which I love very much. Thank you for allowing us to hear part of your life story and look forward to more in the future. Joe
Hi Sensei Dan, My name is Herden Pedrajas, from Southern Philippines. I started bonsai in 1989, and I just want you to know that I am your number 1 fan on this part of the planet. My earliest influence was your "Bonsai Book", it is what I considered as my bible on bonsai. For me, it is still the best book on bonsai because of its wide coverage in brief, very comprehensive and inspiring - plus the haikus. I started the Mindanao Bonsai Society in 2000, and it is still thriving. Our club is a member of BCI and bi-annualy holds the Mindanao Open Bonsai Exhibition and Competition. Looking forward that someday we can meet. Thank you so much for the inspiration and the joys of bonsai you shared. God bless you always!
@danbartonslifewithbonsai745
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for your kind comments - very much appreciated and I'm glad my book was of some use to you and I love Haiku.
What a delight to watch on this cold winter day here in the uk. The stories you tell dan are a delight to hear and its glaringly obvious your life in bonsai has been filled with joy and happiness. Its wonderful yoyand your son have taken your time to share the journey with us . Many thanks .
@danbartonslifewithbonsai745
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for your very kind commentsb - helpful and much appreciated
Cheers! From the PNW USA. Love your ceramic aesthetic. Have been a bonsai hobbiest since the middle 80's. Have also been supplying our club in Portland Oregon with ceramics since 2016... I just wanted to thank you for sharing .
What a treasure. Thank you Dan for sharing this with us; and to your son for putting this together with you. I’ve been listening while I attach some feet to a big pot hehehe. Loads of love Row ❤
@danbartonslifewithbonsai745
7 ай бұрын
I hope the vid was of some use - will you be posting your pot?
@radar_radar
7 ай бұрын
@@danbartonslifewithbonsai745 not on here . On fb when it’s finished. X
An awesome video!!!
@danbartonslifewithbonsai745
7 ай бұрын
Thank you!! I owe a lot to my camerman (my eldest son) for his excellent filming techniques
What a great way to spend an hour listening to your story. Hopefully one day I’ll be able to walk over the bridge from Cardiff to collect one of your pots. Great video. Thanks
Really inspirational thank you for sharing
Delightful and so informative. Thank you, I'd no idea.
@danbartonslifewithbonsai745
7 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Dan, great to see you still at it. I used to come down to visit you many years ago with my mate Bill Baker or on my own for some tuition. I still have a couple of trees I bought from you (probably at least 20 years ago) a San Jose Juniper and a twin trunk white pine. Thanks for the great memories and keep up the good work! Tim.
@danbartonslifewithbonsai745
7 ай бұрын
Great days Tim - great times!!!
Well wow what a treat i missed this video - an excellent talk, what an interesting Bonsai journey you've been on and continue to share. So glad you've decided to post more content in recent months. Absolutely invaluable. Ive been looking at your past pot videos too. I'll say Merry Christmas again! And best wishes for the New Year Dan!!
@danbartonslifewithbonsai745
6 ай бұрын
So nice of you Luigi - much appreciated. It's been a great half century + of bonsai and pot making.
👍👌🙂
Potensai? Potential Bonsai? Noice… that’s pretty much all I do. ;)
@danbartonslifewithbonsai745
7 ай бұрын
Boom!