tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34151178219561289332024-02-19T15:58:59.215-08:00Bonsai PotterRoss Munrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734499101852907929noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415117821956128933.post-2047704779015608902013-01-14T12:20:00.000-08:002013-01-14T12:20:30.844-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="messageBody"><span class="userContent">We are having an exhibit of <span style="font-size: small;">my lan<span style="font-size: small;">dscape pai<span style="font-size: small;">ntings</span></span></span> opening on Friday evening, January 25th 2013, from 6 to 10 PM.</span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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The exhibit is showing at The Waterfall Gallery near Granville Island, a beautiful exhibition space created by Arthur Erickson. The address is 205 – 1540
West 2nd at the entrance of Granville Island in Vancouver.</span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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Just by way of a reminder that you can see my painting website by clicking it at the top of the links column.<br />
I did this painting a while ago from a sketch made on a trip in northern BC two years ago. I enjoy sketching as much as the painting itself. It's a great focus. Ross Munrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734499101852907929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415117821956128933.post-47541497644667423782012-05-05T07:32:00.000-07:002012-05-05T07:32:45.437-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These Japanese Maples are between four and six years old. Pots of my making.Ross Munrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734499101852907929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415117821956128933.post-8676437431217568872012-05-05T07:02:00.000-07:002012-05-05T07:02:05.740-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've made a few benches for displaying my bonsai. They're made of slabs of live-edge cedar and maple. I'm enjoying having the trees at a proper height for viewing and a comfortable height for working as well. In the background of the bottom photo you can see a latticed arbor ( a rose once grew over it). I used the uprights as a base for two smaller benches by removing the rotten lattice and cutting down the posts. </span>Ross Munrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734499101852907929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415117821956128933.post-50228278769311949022012-02-26T00:17:00.000-08:002012-02-26T00:17:32.722-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oiOepmRJWba45vKKrrC1wBqGg_yrARjYC3oXyhd_zeLPbMPyJr_k1s_mQX5d4ywrixKfMCewgVIjqkjAMeltRUx47U-s-skvHyvFwDYJtC-NzyPL0IcBRFN235HEeUTukXk1OjTEoOI/s1600/SPRINGTREES2012+030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oiOepmRJWba45vKKrrC1wBqGg_yrARjYC3oXyhd_zeLPbMPyJr_k1s_mQX5d4ywrixKfMCewgVIjqkjAMeltRUx47U-s-skvHyvFwDYJtC-NzyPL0IcBRFN235HEeUTukXk1OjTEoOI/s640/SPRINGTREES2012+030.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> This Scots Pine has spent a year in this pot and is ready for some shaping to really begin.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVv8ZpULaRqdt_p05-AoYTEXWCvBQsK9pArNr0O1N3SZzqqB8Ar3ap9EiiDR1MYhgjnOf3zyvQeWijHDYXsGgrEtaWmKxoohbGvMeBR01_ptxxdFm1nNO38up3ypgqw_1G4fnmWXW1pEs/s1600/SPRINGTREES2012+035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVv8ZpULaRqdt_p05-AoYTEXWCvBQsK9pArNr0O1N3SZzqqB8Ar3ap9EiiDR1MYhgjnOf3zyvQeWijHDYXsGgrEtaWmKxoohbGvMeBR01_ptxxdFm1nNO38up3ypgqw_1G4fnmWXW1pEs/s640/SPRINGTREES2012+035.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>After wiring and a little trimming it begins to show some form.Ross Munrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734499101852907929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415117821956128933.post-67277010152221393322012-02-26T00:04:00.000-08:002012-02-26T00:04:41.792-08:00Pots in the Studio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_MqkC-oezGE9DO8hALU2cOv3RycU02wFiPY4yL8TPBgG4vfdFL99_60lK7JYPYNQEzEWrMPs4Sp2Kxu2vcBggGs-DrTCsbJFawfle2SFQZFGhL9r6-M3id5-jaS6qhq4uE7s_qUhyv4/s1600/SPRINGTREES2012+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_MqkC-oezGE9DO8hALU2cOv3RycU02wFiPY4yL8TPBgG4vfdFL99_60lK7JYPYNQEzEWrMPs4Sp2Kxu2vcBggGs-DrTCsbJFawfle2SFQZFGhL9r6-M3id5-jaS6qhq4uE7s_qUhyv4/s640/SPRINGTREES2012+001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Just a quick post of the working end of the studio. Lots going on here. I enjoy looking at other artists studios and workshops myself.Ross Munrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734499101852907929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415117821956128933.post-45108476054121363582012-01-07T06:03:00.000-08:002012-01-07T06:03:40.201-08:00AUTUMN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPCrw4i5J010Pbag8-1DUwypwC9U-58zFxpAJkcTT3qcWjD-IQ2co3sv5PiZPGitoCvXYY7DTfhSuBz4-v_A1oGAzj4mj7twlPML-HWrha49_8LyElDxV7NfUGt6IxKDQcOpgB5FA9zk/s1600/autumn2+008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPCrw4i5J010Pbag8-1DUwypwC9U-58zFxpAJkcTT3qcWjD-IQ2co3sv5PiZPGitoCvXYY7DTfhSuBz4-v_A1oGAzj4mj7twlPML-HWrha49_8LyElDxV7NfUGt6IxKDQcOpgB5FA9zk/s640/autumn2+008.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks to Graham Eagle for the metal (all that remained of his original wheelbarrow). This was a fun project and it has come in handy for moving pots around the garden. Nice to have a wheelbarrow with a tire that never goes flat between uses.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Planted in a ball of moss it produces flowers annually. Its a favourite wildflower, found along moist seepages and streams in the mountains. I need to identify the cream coloured plant - anyone know?</td></tr>
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Ross Munrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734499101852907929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415117821956128933.post-87155729328262486822011-08-28T20:13:00.000-07:002011-08-28T20:13:51.765-07:00For some, summer means rolling in the grass<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> This is Morgan, on Wigeon Creek, north of the Pitt River in British Columbia.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And it means growth, feeding, flowering, fruiting, wiring and pruning! </td></tr>
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This Scots Pine has been worked on through part of the last two growing seasons and got a new pot last week. Still needs a few years to develop and refine yet.Ross Munrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734499101852907929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415117821956128933.post-74566099889733525962011-03-05T23:20:00.000-08:002011-03-05T23:20:23.175-08:00Deep snow covers the garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevs__7B0cba0_GO11x1qDJpL0RobFY1j70jH5x4wEI5Cs04InS7-VjTBJvjraDZNlPxLKSA6px9pVlj8fKAzouJZmwoZtIwlEcls0oHm6dz8Axq8gNTBP16XnpbkDHj1OtB7_MKyzaDs/s1600/frosty2+016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevs__7B0cba0_GO11x1qDJpL0RobFY1j70jH5x4wEI5Cs04InS7-VjTBJvjraDZNlPxLKSA6px9pVlj8fKAzouJZmwoZtIwlEcls0oHm6dz8Axq8gNTBP16XnpbkDHj1OtB7_MKyzaDs/s640/frosty2+016.jpg" width="640" />Cold Arctic air meets moist Pacific air and the result is snow. Its gone now and the stars are out tonight. Sunshine tomorrow.</a></div>Ross Munrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734499101852907929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415117821956128933.post-27097014806970264472011-02-25T23:30:00.000-08:002011-02-25T23:33:47.122-08:00FROST and POTTERY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJDWAT2Lr84ptXstSpFnzuqsWoWK8nUxTXvso5kes7HWUnFUOUrMQpcLgAWZNkHoxX-PU7CU15BsQeiDPtJfWR2jr7Ee5yr7Q0jvajhkPIXGyNtecxgP2Jmsj7G_w2771Gk0zRSS-REo/s640/frosty+002.jpg" width="640" /></div><br />
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