WELCOME
Bonsai is life. It is struggle and beauty. It is patience and toil. It is an art unlike any other, because it is us — and yet it is forever beyond us. Welcome to The Artisans Cup, the premier exhibition of American Bonsai.
01 LIMBER PINE
02 EASTERN WHITE CEDAR
03 SHOHIN COMPOSITION
04 ROCKY MOUNTAIN JUNIPER
05 CALIFORNIA JUNIPER
06 MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK
07 JAPANESE WHITE PINE
08 SOUTHWESTERN WHITE PINE
09 KOREAN HORNBEAM
10 POMEGRANATE
CHRIS HORNBECKER
11 PONDEROSA PINE
12 LARCH
THE TREES
A living art. The trees collected here represent the finest examples living today of Bonsai in America. Herein lies the future of this living, changing art form. Enjoy.
13 KOREAN HORNBEAM
14 NEEDLE JUNIPER
15 EUROPEAN BEECH
17 MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK
18 BUTTONWOOD
16 PONDEROSA PINE
20 SHOHIN COMPOSITION
19 CHINESE ELM
21 ROCKY MOUNTAIN JUNIPER
CHRIS HORNBECKER
22 CHINESE JUNIPER
23 JAPANESE RED PINE
24 VINE MAPLE
A DUET
Bonsai is a conversation between humans and our surroundings. As the artist acts upon the tree, the tree acts upon the artist. Together they grow and change. Together, with the passing of time, they become something altogether new.
25 EUROPEAN OLIVE
26 POMEGRANATE
28 JAPANESE WHITE PINE
27 JAPANESE WHITE PINE
29 MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK
30 CALIFORNIA JUNIPER
31 COASTAL REDWOOD
32 ROCKY MOUNTAIN JUNIPER
33 SCOTS PINE
34 CHINESE JUNIPER
CHRIS HORNBECKER
35 JABOTICABA
THE FUTURE
It is our murky view into the unknown that awakens our artistic vision. Because the future is cloudy, we seek it out. The thrill lies in the pursuit. Join us as we explore the future of Bonsai in America.
36 JAPANESE BLACK PINE
37 PROSTRATA JUNIPER
38 JAPANESE WHITE PINE
39 BIRD’S NEST SPRUCE
40 JAPANESE MAPLE
41 SIERRA JUNIPER
42 CHINESE JUNIPER
43 JAPANESE BLACK PINE
44 JAPANESE BEECH
CHRIS HORNBECKER
45 JAPANESE YEW
46 HYDRANGEA
47 BLUE ATLAS CEDAR
48 DOUGLAS FIR
ART & SCIENCE
Possessing equal parts technical skill and artistic vision, the Bonsai practitioner must juxtapose the traditional artistic ideals of form against the horticultural needs inherent to caring for a living thing.
49 BUTTONWOOD
50 SCOTS PINE
51 HINOKI CYPRESS
52 SIERRA JUNIPER
53 ENGELMANN SPRUCE
54 MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK
56 MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK
55 MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK
57 COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE
CHRIS HORNBECKER
58 CALIFORNIA JUNIPER
59 CALIFORNIA JUNIPER
60 CALIFORNIA JUNIPER
TIME-BASED ART
Bonsai exists at the intersection of the temporal and the eternal. Each tree is only ever a snapshot in time as it is ever growing and changing under its own power and the tutelage of the artist. But it is also a symbol of the insistence of life itself.
61 COASTAL REDWOOD
62 HORNBEAM
63 PONDEROSA PINE
65 JAPANESE MAPLE
64 CALIFORNIA JUNIPER
66 JAPANESE MAPLE
67 EUROPEAN WHITE BIRCH
68 JAPANESE MAPLE
69 BALD CYPRESS
70 CORK BARK ELM
71 JAPANESE YEW
71 trees. 11,200 miles travelled. 3,200 attendees.
27 hours of set-up. 60 gallons of coffee. 17 hours live.
150 sheets of plywood. 12,000 feet of steel. A full mile of welds.
An art form forever changed.
CREATING THE CUP
