Peter TeaMay 5, 20136 minThe Return Of The KingThe Return Of The King A few months ago I was fortunate enough to work on this large Japanese Black Pine. The work wasn’t major and invo...
Peter TeaAug 12, 20123 minAugust and Looking BackIt’s funny how things seem to be so much older looking back a year and a half. Perhaps it’s not really the age but the improvements over...
Peter TeaJul 12, 20122 minPushing the Limit 2 with the Scenic RoutePushing the Limit 2 with the Scenic Route I thought you’d all enjoy an update about this Black pine that was heavily bent last Winter. I...
Peter TeaJun 29, 20129 minDe-candling and Stuff!De-candling and Stuff! Now that Summer is in full swing, we’re moving away from the deciduous into the Black/Red Pine work. During the S...
Peter TeaMay 28, 20123 minStill Remember Me?Still Remember Me? Last April, I revisited this tree again, and you guessed it, pulled all the needles off. Except, this time, we took i...
Peter TeaMay 15, 201211 minRepotting a Beast!Repotting a Beast The first tree I noticed when I came to Aichien a year ago was this huge monster Black Pine! As I wondered around the ...
Peter TeaMay 5, 20127 minLets Bend! Part 3Lets Bend! Part 3 Repotting season is coming to an end here at Aichien an how fitting that this Black Pine turned out to be the last tree...
Peter TeaMar 31, 20122 minJust Plastic RopeJust Plastic Rope In the last Blog post of Mr. Tanaka’s work, many of you commented on the rope that he used instead of raffia to make a ...
Peter TeaMar 16, 201216 minTanaka, Junichiro 田中 淳一郎Tanaka, Junichiro 田中 淳一郎 I was working in the workshop as usual one day and Mr. Tanaka brings in this Black Pine and sets it on his work ...
Peter TeaMar 2, 20126 minFormal Black Pine and Kihachikai ShowFormal Black Pine and Kihachikai Show Last week I was tasked to work on this large formal upright (Chokkan) Black Pine. The timing worked...
Peter TeaFeb 12, 20124 minPushing the Limit!Pushing the Limit! One day, Mr. Tanaka brought this Japanese Black Pine into the workshop and said, “clean this tree up for the auction t...
Peter TeaJan 31, 20123 minLets Bend! Part 2Lets Bend! Part 2 Do you remember this Black Pine? Back In July of 2011 I bent the trunk of this tree and wrote a post about it called L...
Peter TeaJan 25, 20124 minRebar Basic On Black PineRebar Basic on Black Pine The day Mr. Tanaka left the nursery to bring trees to Kokufu-ten, he tasked me to style this Japanese Black Pin...
Peter TeaJan 11, 20124 minBlack Pine RevisitedBlack Pine Revisited Do any of you remember this tree? If so, great memory! This was one of the first Black Pines I worked on here at A...
Peter TeaOct 28, 20112 minRemember me?Recap In case you didn’t see the original post, here is a recap to get you up to speed on what happend to this tree. The Black Pine pict...
Peter TeaOct 15, 20113 minJBP in a blink of an eye!Since it is now the Fall, we’ve all been busily wire and styling trees. The main trees Mr. Tanaka and I have been styling are Black and ...
Peter TeaSep 25, 20115 minThe Black Pine DuetAfter we got through all the Trident Maples, I was task to work on two Black Pines. The work is never over it seems. Haha! Mr. Tanaka ...
Peter TeaAug 17, 20112 minLet's Bend! Part 1The other day I was given the task to do some trunk bending on this tree. The tree has nice old bark and very healthy. Perfect for bend...
Peter TeaAug 16, 20113 minMikawa Black Pines?One of my blog readers emailed me a question: “I’d like to learn the difference between regular JBP and Mikawa JBP?” I thought it was a ...
Peter Tea Apr 3, 2014 4 min Utah Juniper (aka “Big Sexy”) Utah Juniper (aka “Big Sexy”) Now that I have settled back in California, it’s time to rebuild my Bonsai collection! For the past 6 mont...
Peter Tea Aug 13, 2013 4 min The Trident Maple As I was preparing for my apprenticeship in Japan, there was some big decisions to be made. I had about 15 or so Bonsai trees and nowher...
