Part I: The Bonsai Imaginations of Pierre Leloup
Pierre Leloup visited the Crataegus bonsai garden last month, along with other friends from Quebec, Canada. Pierre is a designer whose interests range from Japanese gardens to commercial design.
While talking of our various bonsai projects, Pierre brought out his phone and showed me some of his older bonsai. I tried to see them on the small screen, fascinated by their ingenuity and complexity.
Pierre graciously offered photos of how he constructed this earlier piece, from 2009. A Bonsai Focus article from 2010 featured it, so this may serve as an “as it looks today” review.
I’ll let the images speak for themselves-
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7 Comments
It looks great but how heavy is it, at least 4 hands?
Yes it is heavy, but if you look closely, you’ll see that the bottom part is in two pieces. So two people can carry it and I sometimes use a stretcher…
what is the “metallic” bottom piece he has planted this creation on?
The base of the landscape is made of granite and the whole work is presented on a piece of roasted cherrywood which I sculpted in 15 days.
Beautiful landscape piece. I can almost smell the ocean breeze. Reminds me of some of the scenery around Port Townsend, Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula. Just needs sea lions or orcas in the “water”.
Kishu juniper? Or something else?
Thank you for your comment. Yes it is a kishu.
So great to see Pierre featured ! This photo series inspired me this year to make a large rocky mountain juniper nursery stock penjing after having seen it it on a colleague, Vianney’s blog. Pierre makes fantastic pots and exciting bonsai compositions, last year’s Montreal expo was bo exception. A fine example of Canadian bonsai.