Bonsai is a piece of digital artwork by Kim Sy Ok which was uploaded on April 4th, 2013.
Title
Bonsai
Artist
Kim Sy Ok
Medium
Digital Art
Description
Bonsai is a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers. Similar practices exist in other cultures, including the Chinese tradition of penjing from which the art originated, and the miniature living landscapes of Vietnamese h�on bộ. The Japanese tradition dates back over a thousand years, and has its own aesthetics and terminology. "Bonsai" is a Japanese pronunciation of the earlier Chinese term penzai. A "bon" is a tray-like pot typically used in bonsai culture. The word bonsai is often used in English as an umbrella term for all miniature trees in containers or pots. This article focuses on bonsai as defined in the Japanese tradition. The purposes of bonsai are primarily contemplation (for the viewer) and the pleasant exercise of effort and ingenuity (for the grower). By contrast with other plant cultivation practices, bonsai is not intended for production of food, for medicine, or for creating yard-size or park-size gardens or landscapes. Instead, bonsai practice focuses on long-term cultivation and shaping of one or more small trees growing in a container. A bonsai is created beginning with a specimen of source material. This may be a cutting, seedling, or small tree of a species suitable for bonsai development. Bonsai can be created from nearly any perennial woody-stemmed tree or shrub species that produces true branches and can be cultivated to remain small through pot confinement with crown and root pruning. Some species are popular as bonsai material because they have characteristics, such as small leaves or needles, that make them appropriate for the compact visual scope of bonsai. The source specimen is shaped to be relatively small and to meet the aesthetic standards of bonsai. When the candidate bonsai nears its planned final size it is planted in a display pot, usually one designed for bonsai display in one of a few accepted shapes and proportions. From that point forward, its growth is restricted by the pot environment. Throughout the year, the bonsai is shaped to limit growth, redistribute foliar vigor to areas requiring further development, and meet the artist's detailed design.
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Uploaded
April 4th, 2013
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Comments (24)
Kim Sy Ok
Thank you so much Kiki for featuring this fractal in the Digital Art group-I'm so honored, thank you :)!
Kim Sy Ok
Thank you so much Rose for featuring this fractal in the Fractal and Digitally Created art group-I'm so honored, thank you :)!
Kim Sy Ok
Thank you so much Jeremy for featuring this fractal in the Digital Veil group-I'm so honored, thank you :)!
Kim Sy Ok
Thank you so much Florin for the feature in the Surreal Geometry group-I'm so honored, thank you :)!
First Star Art
So gorgeous and whimsical!! :^D---jrr
Kim Sy Ok replied:
Thank you so much JRR for the feature in the Digital Touch group-I'm so honored, thank you :)!
Alanna Dumonceaux
this is one of the most unique fractals i have seen. beautiful interpretation of traditional bonsai art. V/F
Nadine and Bob Johnston
Congratulations, on your Feature AND Publication in -The Internet Weekly... Artist News - http://paper.li/f-1343723559# --- If you go to the paper, click SHARE, you can Tweet, Facebook, or even Email a copy to Friends, Relatives and others, so they can see the Publication in the ARTIST NEWS. Thank You for submitting it to the group.... We do not always have the time to Comment, but just had to leave one on this beautiful piece of work.
Kim Sy Ok replied:
Thank you so much Bob and Nadine for Feature and Publication-I'm so honored, thank you :)!
Barbara St Jean
My CAT for MOUSE, pick of the day, discussions!! F/V One of my Favs!! :-))
Kim Sy Ok replied:
Thank you so much Barbara and thank you for the CAT for MOUSE pick-I'm so honored, thank you :)!
Darla Wood
Kim, I love this piece! Vibrant color and fantastic design. Enjoyed reading the description as well....and although the Bonsai is shaped to limit growth....this piece is isn't. Keeps growing ever so fondly in my eyes! My pick for Digital Touch group! V/F
Kim Sy Ok replied:
Thank you so much Darla and thank you for the v/f and DFDT-I'm so honored, thank you :)!
Tautvydas Davainis
there is a unique quality about this piece that keeps the talented work… Harmonized color ... well defined objects and structured composition.~Tautvydas:)
Jk Images
WOW!!!! Awesome work, Kim:) V/F
Kim Sy Ok replied:
Thank you so much James and thank you for the v/f-glad you enjoy it, thank you:)!