NAZAJ

This time I experienced Noelanders Trophy, Europe's largest bonsai exhibition, differently than usual. I was part of event, insider for the first time. When you put your tree on display at the highest level and expose it to a critical view of the experts, everything is different :-) .

 

Tokratni Noelanders Trophy, največjo evropsko razstavo bonsajev, sem doživljal drugače kot sicer. Prvič sem bil del dogajanja, insajder. Ko svoje drevo postaviš na ogled na najvišjem nivoju in izpostaviš kritičnim pogledom največjih poznavalcev, je vse drugače :-) .

 

My juniper at official shooting

 

During journalistic career, I was asking athletes about feelings countless times. Now I see that this question is really funny. It is difficult to describe what is going trough your mind to someone who has never experienced that. It began with confusion at reception of the trees and at shooting for the catalog; the next morning unbearably crowd at the opening of the exhibition. I'm also beginning to get used to otherwise incomprehensible egotripe in the bonsai world. But great time with friends and energy of the top trees on the shelves, it all quickly put into place .

 

V svoji novinarski karieri sem sogovornike, ko so opravili določen nastop,  neštetokrat spraševal po občutkih. Zdaj vidim, da je to vprašanje res smešno. Težko je namreč nekomu, ki tega nikoli ni izkusil, opisati vse, kar se ti podi po glavi. Začelo se je z zmedo ob sprejemu dreves in fotografiranju za katalog in naslednje jutro neznosno gnečo ob odprtju razstave. Na meni sicer nerazumljive egotripe v bonsajskem svetu pa sem se počasi že navadil. Toda ob druženju s prijatelji, ob energiji vrhunskih dreves na policah, se je vse hitro postavilo na svoje mesto.

 

The prize for the best nebari goes to ... :-) (Acer, Luis Balino)

This technically great implemented silvestrys is also part of Luis Balino collection

 

One of the best deciduous tree - Quercus faginea, Luis Vallejo

I was atracted also with this Fagus sylvatica. Maybe the tree I spent the most time with. Full of mistakes, pot is too small, but nevertheless great tree, especially if you take in to account the difficult species. (exhibitor: Ralf Beckers)

 

Janez otherwise noted that he has already outgrew this event ( :-) ), but nevertheless Noelanders Trophy remains an event which bonsaists do not miss! The question is, how long, because of many reasons, will be so.

 

Janez je sicer ugotovil, da je tudi ta dogodek že prerastel, a Noelanders Trophy še vedno ostaja prireditev, kjer bonsajist ne sme manjkati! Vprašanje pa je, koliko časa bo iz različnih razlogov še tako.

 

Janez ...

 

Noelanders Trophy XV. winner is the Spaniard Erasmo Garcia Fernandez. His olive fully deserved the award. Extremely mature tree, container, design, presentation - all as it should be. And tree still not too big ! :-)

 

Zmagovalec Noelanders Trophy XV. je Španec Erasmo Garcia Fernandez. Njegova oljka si je nagrado povsem zaslužila. Izjemno zrelo drevo, posoda, dizajn, predstavitev - vse tako, kot mora biti. Pa še prevelika ni! :-)

 

The winner of Noelanders Trophy XV - Olea by Erasmo Garcia Fernandez

 

 

P.S.: Workshop for central group of Tora bonsai school will be in Thursday, 23. January!

 

P.S.: Srečanje centralne skupine šole Tora bo v četrtek 23. januarja!