Please join us in welcoming to the EBPC family of artists, an exciting new member from Switzerland, Robin Löhrer of SlabndBonsai! 

These Impressive slab style pots have impressively convincing rock-like textures and tones, and are created in forms most suitable for a variety of bonsai tree styles. 

Robin has been creating artificial rock creations for around a decade and has experimented with various materials and techniques. SlabndBonsai artificial rock creations are constructed from a modern composite material which has been proven durable and plant friendly for over 5 years of use. 

The EBPC is very excited to offer a limited edition of just 4 of these beautiful slab pots, in varying sizes and forms. 

These will be available in-store on Thursday 10th July @ 18.00 (g.m.t.) 

Although slab style pots are often used for coniferous trees, they can also make a wonderful home for many other deciduous and flowering species.  We look forward to seeing your creations with slab style pots! 


Read more on SlabndBonsai's EBPC Potter Profile here! 

- And be sure to check out our first batch of slabs by SlabndBonsai after 18.00 on Thursday in the EBPC Online-Store here. 



Thank you for supporting the EBPC and our cherished bonsai potters and furniture makers of Europe.

 Full details of the European Bonsai Pottery Contest 2026, as hosted by The Trophy, Belgium
are available NOW! 

Since starting the culture of bonsai pot displays in Europe years ago, the EBPC'S mission has been to encourage not only a deeper appreciation for ceramics in bonsai, but also to create a haven where bonsai potters, collectors, and visitors from around the world can meet, gather and discuss their passion of bonsai ceramics.

For 2026, we have also invited an accomplished and revered guest artist from Japan, to exhibit a central 'honorary display' of his own painted porcelain ceramics - Not to be missed! 

Sami is undoubtedly one of Europe's most exciting and passionate ceramic artists, and anyone with an interest in bonsai ceramics is in for a great treat!

​If you are lucky enough to visit and get some good photos, please feel free to send them in! 

​For this event, Shay had made a larger batch of crystalline mokko shaped pots from which to select his Gafu-ten entry - and now you have the chance to acquire a pot from that very batch!

This right here is the very reason I started the EBPC .. to discover the gems of  Europe's bonsai pottery talent!

In Vasart Bonsai, we have certainly found such a treasure. Please JOIN US in welcoming the highly accomplished 'father & son' team from Italy. Samuele and Giovan Battista Quarena. 

 We are very excited and honoured to introduce you to, and to welcome new EBPC artist members, VASART BONSAI to Europe's home of quality bonsai ceramics. 

​Please JOIN US in welcoming Samuele and Giovan Battista Quarena to the EBPC family. We look forward to working with Vasart Bonsai and to bringing you more of their wonderful ceramics. 


Please check out Vasart Bonsai's EBPC Artist Profile!

And don't miss out on these great pots in the EBPC Online Store.

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Thank you for supporting the EBPC and great European bonsai pottery, furniture & display.  

Please join us in welcoming Michal Mokry to the EBPC family.

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Mindful of the intricates of bonsai display, this artist strives to creating pots that work most harmoniously with a tree. With clean straight lines and often seamlessly integrated feet, the tree remains the main focus of the composition, yet on closer inspection the shibui quality and dynamic glazes never fail to astound! 
 
Pots are made by a variety of methods, including ‘kurinuki’ hand-carved mame sized pots, and slab building for the Shohin and larger pots. Michal has also made some of his own forms/moulds by way of 3D printing, which he uses to help form the main body of more complex designs. 
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Read more about Michal and his work in his EBPC 'Artist Profile' here! 
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We are very excited to welcome Michal to the EBPC family, and a selection of his beautiful glazed pots will be available in the EBPC online store tomorrow
- Friday 28th March at 18.00pm (GMT).

BonsaiExpoUK has long been the EBPC's favourite UK show of the year!

Although not in any way 'elitist', this special exhibition has always striven towards helping everyone to consider, appreciate and improve, both the quality of their bonsai but also of the quality of displays in the U.K. The organisers are to be commended for their consciensious hard work, and efforts. Even outside of the event, having gone to the lengths of organising 'display' workshops and talks by professionals in preparation for this exhibition. 

The intricacies of bonsai display are fascinating, and executed with consideration and thought, can result in our trees being showing at their very best - highlighting the trees most favourable characteristics, and reinforcing the trees 'story' through the accompanying elements within the composition.

Having started as an evolution from a long running club level show (Heathrow Bonsai Show), in recent years BonsaiExpoUK has continued to rise in popularity, in the quality of trees and displays, and in the incredible atmosphere at this buzzing event. 

Last year, the entire display was dedicated to the pots of the great potter and painter: Itou Gekkou of Seto.

For me - the chance to display these great pieces and discuss the details of his pots and compositions with friends and enthusiasts is priceless. ​​

This year, the pot display will introduce & celebrate the works of some of the most successful and collectable of Japanese bonsai potters.

​I won't say too much before the exhibition, but there will be a blog article after the event.

​The EBPC will also be trading, and have some fantastic new pots from some of your favourite European artists - kept back especially for this event!

I am very excited to show off the great new pots we will have available - and to chat trees and pots with friends and customers (some are both!). 

If you can make it to Crawley on the 13th of April 2025, this is certainly an event not to be missed! 
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Thanks, and see you there,
Alex

​A dedicated family man, Andrew was a loving husband and father, and a loyal and caring friend to many, including myself. He will be sorely missed by many. Our thoughts go out to his wife Marie and family. 

Andrew's work is therefore usually recognisable at a glance, as is often the case for the very best artists. ​

​Instrumental in the formation of the EBPC in 2017, Andrew was not only a big inspiration, but was also very supportive from the very inception. Many exquisite Stone Monkey Ceramics pots, with EBPC stamps, are now in the hands of enthusiasts worldwide, for which we are very grateful to him. Representing Andrew and his world-class bonsai ceramics has been an honour and a pleasure. 
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​In 2015, with the encouragement of Peter Warren and Akiyama San, Andrew was invited to take part in the 10th Annual Shohachi contest at the Gafu Ten in Kyoto, Japan.

​An incredible honour, especially as non-Japanese were not previously eligable to participated. ​

Not only was Andrew the first non-Japanese artist invited to participate in this world leading contest, but he went on to take gold in the unglazed category! His attention to detail was outstanding, in both the razor sharp lines and relief carvings.

​In so doing, Andrew helped strengthen the bond with Japanese bonsai, and also open the gates for other leading artists across the world to be able enter this prestigious event.

In 2015 Andrew also decided with friends and fellow well-known potters Tom Benda and Thor Holvila, to meet on a yearly basis at a new location, and produce unique artisanal pieces created as a fusion of three very different styles. The Triskele group was born. 

​Andrew was also a big fan of studio ceramics, and I was always absorbed when I got the chance to see his collection. ​Especially fascinating to him were the Mashiko style works resulting from the collaboration between Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada in the 1920's, and the great artists this movement has produced since. 

In a professional capacity, Andrew spent 7 years as a paramedic before joining Transport for London in 1998, to which he dedicated the next 26 years. After just 3 years he had become a fire compliance specialist, at which he excelled. A decade later, in 2011, Andrew progressed to Fire Engineer, which he continued to thrive at until his untimely passing.
At the end of January 2025, Andrew was due to retire from his work at the London Underground, to concentrate on his ceramics full time. 

Andrew was very well known in the global bonsai community. He was a multi-award winning artist, and was the feature of a multitude of articles in various magazine and book publications. 

Many bonsai potters, including some of Europe & America's most celebrated, have benefited from the help and words of advice of this great artist. Andrew liked to share his knowledge to the benefit of other artists and to improve bonsai ceramics in general. 

Andrew's legacy will live on, in those touched by his generous nature, in his thousands of exquisite creations, and through his impact on European and global bonsai ceramics.

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​A memorial will be held for Andrew on Saturday 4th January, 2025 – 1pm start.
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     The Community Centre -  Tn126eb
     Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Kent.
     
◦            We will be there until 7pm, you are welcome to stay as long as you wish
◦            We have booked the whole centre where is plenty of parking and everyone is welcome.
◦            no dress code, just wear your favourite outfit.
◦          If you'd like to make a gift we're setting up a Justgiving page for donations to The Ambulance Staff Charity.
◦            It's an easy walk from Paddock Wood Train Station.
◦            Please let me know if you intend to come for catering purposes and any dietary requirements.
◦            Also, please let me know if you would like to say something.
◦            Please use this email:                 [email protected]
*Also use this email for any messages, memories and photographs of Andy you wish to share.

Goodbye my dear friend. Rest in peace. 

Click to read more about Ian Baillie in his EBPC Potter Profile.

A limited batch of just 18 high-quality pots by Ian Baillie of Scotland will be available on Thursday 14th at 18.00 (G.M.T) in the EBPC Shop !


Thank you for supporting the EBPC & great European bonsai artisans. 
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* 3 days of celebrations with the highest level of bonsai in Europe. *     
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  ... with a special focus on 'bonsai pots'! ​

Both a celebration of the art and a display of the finest bonsai Europe has to offer, The Trophy Exhibition has long been the annual meeting place of Europe's bonsai enthusiasts, and the event enthusiasts strive to one day show their tree at. ​
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This historic, Silver Jubilee edition event will also celebrate the increasingly relevant aspect of bonsai pottery! 

​​The annual Pot Display will for the first time, be open to both POTTERS and COLLECTORS! ​

​Visitors will also be able to enjoy and revel in an honorary display put on by the great Peter Krebs of Germany! ​

Peter kindly agreed to exhibit some of his masterful creations, in a special display to celebrate the works of this most accomplished of European potters. 
Peter became a self-taught potter in the 1970s out of his enthusiasm for bonsai and antique pots and developed masterly skills over many productive years. Studying old Chinese pots was always very important to him. Peter Krebs is possibly the only bonsai ceramist to have mastered all known decoration techniques. Whether carving, inlay, engobe, glaze painting, modeled reliefs, unglazed pots with special surfaces or self-developed glazes, his pots have always been of strikingly high quality and accordingly sought after.
His current works, especially the elaborately painted pots, are of sensational beauty and a selection was awarded a prize at the Taikan-ten 2023 in Kyoto. The pots you will be able to see on display will be such painted works.

We hope you join us at the wonderful Silver Jubilee event. For more information, to book tickets, or to submit an exhibition entry, please see the TROPHY website here: https://bonsaiassociation.be/trophy/. 

Or for any questions about the pot display, please message me on: ​[email protected]

​Thank you and see you in February!