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It has been exciting to witness the standards of bonsai across Europe continue to rise in recent years. Enthusiasts now access higher quality material, have better instruction and are taking their trees to ever greater levels of refinement. An inevitable consequence of this is that more enthusiasts and professionals are showing a deeper interest in the finer elements of bonsai design, including the most suitable bonsai pot for their display. It is wonderful to see so many more people are now collecting and / or wanting to know more about bonsai pots and how to use them to bring the best out in their trees.
To quench this thirst, the larger exhibitions around Europe are becoming increasingly bonsai pot focused - with more pot building demonstrations and lectures, and more traders selling pots. To support this and as a way of sharing superb works with friends and the public, the EBPC now also designs and provides displays of fine European and Asian bonsai pots at many of Europe's leading exhibitions
Bonsai pot displays have long been admired at the famous exhibitions in Japan, as a tool for learning and appreciation, and as European standards continue to rise, we hope these displays will be appreciated and provide further insight into the fascinating world of bonsai pots, as well as adding another interesting facet to the bonsai exhibitions.
To quench this thirst, the larger exhibitions around Europe are becoming increasingly bonsai pot focused - with more pot building demonstrations and lectures, and more traders selling pots. To support this and as a way of sharing superb works with friends and the public, the EBPC now also designs and provides displays of fine European and Asian bonsai pots at many of Europe's leading exhibitions
Bonsai pot displays have long been admired at the famous exhibitions in Japan, as a tool for learning and appreciation, and as European standards continue to rise, we hope these displays will be appreciated and provide further insight into the fascinating world of bonsai pots, as well as adding another interesting facet to the bonsai exhibitions.
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The 5th Expo Bonsai U.K. 2024Crawley, England. 14th April 2024
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Each year the EBPC are invited to put on a display of high-quality bonsai ceramics for this fantastic event, and are honoured to share our passion for great bonsai ceramics with you in this way.
this year, we all painted by the very highly regarded Seto potter and painter - Itou Gekkou .
Pots by great masters as this are becoming rarer to see, so we hope everyone enjoyed the pots in this collection.
this year, we all painted by the very highly regarded Seto potter and painter - Itou Gekkou .
Pots by great masters as this are becoming rarer to see, so we hope everyone enjoyed the pots in this collection.
伊藤月香編
ITOU GEKKOU EDITION
A display of porcelain painted pots by Itou Gekkou.
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Born in Seto in 1939, Itou Gekkou has been painting pots bonsai since 1959. His works are very highly regarded and houses trees in the premier bonsai exhibitions worldwide.
I chose this artist for this display as he is a great one to study, if you want to learn about high quality bonsai pots. And Expo is all about furthering understanding in all aspect of the display of bonsai. Gekkou is a very popular artist who produces refined hand-painted pots, each painted stncil-free to a high level of detail. He is however not one of the 'three all time greats' of painted pots, so his pots do not command multiple thousands of pounds and are therefore still reasonably attainable to the discerning collector. (Unlike the 3 greats, which for me at least are to expensive to buy one, let alone collect!) |
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Seto is often referred to as the home of Japanese ceramics ... Setomono (Seto thing) is a common term for ceramics! .. and Gekkou was born in to a family of bonsai ceramics, with connections to other celebrated artists of the time. He trained largely under the Sansyu Ichiyo, revered for his Antique Chinese homage pots.
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Itou Gekkou
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Reads ... Gekkou’s paintings are inspired by the great Tsukinawa Yusen, and although they display an impressive range of imagery, Gekkou specialised in ‘sansui’ 山水or mountain / water scapes, as per his inspiration, Yusen.
Please take advantage of this rare opportunity to study a wide range of pots by this wonderful artist. Becoming skilled at recognising the pot characteristics and painting style, helps us identify genuine pots. As one of the most collectible but also copied of artists, Gekkou is a great one to get to know!
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The Trophy Bonsai Exhibition 2024Limburghal, Belgium 17th - 18th February 2024
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2021 Online Trophy ExhibitionWe hope you managed to watch the online version of Europe's most prestigious Bonsai Exhibition
This year, due to restrictions, 'The Trophy' 2021 was held ONLINE, and was an epic extravaganza of high quality bonsai! There was an interesting variety displays, talks, demos and everything in between! The Trophy’s EBPC Pot display A huge thank you to all of the Bonsai Association Belgium team and everyone involved for a delightful weekend. |
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EBPC Trophy Pot Display!The EBPC Trophy Pot Display is now available to watch here, and on Youtube.
It is something a little different - so we hope you enjoyed it. |
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'The Trophy' 2020 Belgium
EBPC Pot Display
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The EBPC Pot Display at 'The Trophy' Bonsai Exhibition 2020 in Belgium!
A huge thank you to all involved in making this event such a great success. Hear from my good friend and fellow pot collector Guido Pozzoli about some of the pots in his collection here. |
Ogurayama glazed and painted pots
at Wirral bonsai society Show August 2019
A display of pots by Ogurayama, to appreciate some of the styles of glazed and painted pots by Karahashi Homiyabi, born 1920 in Kyoto, and son.
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Ogurayama pot display video
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