An exhibition of unique sculptural containers with bonsai at:
Baltimore Clayworks
5707 Smith Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21209
email: Leigh Taylor Mickelson
May 4 -25, 2002
Color Catalogs Available
$8.00 members
$12.00 non-members		 The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum
The National Arboretum, Washington, D.C.
May 2 - 11, 2003
Images of the completed Collaborations are available for viewing.

Catalog Foreword

Curator's Statement

My intention for Bonsai inSites is to activate the dialogue between bonsai and container, between the tree and the site or situation in which it is perceived.
                                                                              Ron Lang
                                                                              email: ron.lang3@verizon.net
Open Letter to Participants

August 2001

Dear Bonsai inSites Participants,

This website is intended to introduce you to one another through a small sampling of your work. The ceramic works pictured will give the bonsai artists a glimpse into the style and quality of the clay artists more typical work. These might serve as a benchmark indication as to how these artists approach the challenge of creating a site for a living tree. The Bonsai pictured in these pages are the trees that the Potomac Bonsai Association members have made available for this exhibition. Click on any thumbnail image to see a larger image. For each Bonsai you will also see a front and side view. The dimensions of the tree and the dimensions of it's current container are adjacent to the image. Please note: This container area is the minimum planting area the ceramic artist will need to provide for that tree in their sculpture/container. Please notify me when you have found a tree that you would like to work with. I will note on the web site that the tree has been selected.

Additional tree images will be posted as I receive them from the bonsai artists. So check weekly if you have not found a tree to work with. If you have a different tree style or size in mind other than those currently displayed, please let me know and I can see if I can come up with something. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions at all. I would really like to hear from you about your plans for this project!

Thanks sincerely for your participation!

Ron Lang

 
Participating Ceramic Artists *click on a name below to view examples of the artist's studio work Participating Members of the Potomac Bonsai Association*click on a name below to see the trees offered for this collaboration
Ah Leon, Taipei, Taiwan

 Arschel Morell,
2 Korean Hornbeams, Shimpaku Juniper
Ray Chen, Baltimore, MD

 Mike Ramina,
2 Black Pines, Japanese Maple Forest
Patrick Caughy, Baltimore, MD

 Richard Meszler,
2 San Jose Junipers, Japanese Maple
Paul Dresang, Edwardsville, IL

 Chuck Croft,
Chinese Juniper, 2 Ponderosa Pine
Yih-Wen Kuo, Sycamore, IL

 Tom Fink,
Japanese Maple Group, Boxwood, Jap. Maple Forest
Ron Lang, Baltimore, MD

 Ron Lang,
Austrian Pine, Chinese Corkbark Elm, Chinese Juniper
Masako Miyata, Port Republic, VA

 Fred Mies,
Japanese Juniper, Crabapple, Needle Juniper
Richard Notkin, Helena, MT

 Jim Sullivan,
Deodar Cedar, Shimpaku Juniper
Sharon Edwards-Russell, Baltimore, MD

 Cindy Blackburn,
Shimpaku Juniper, Hinoki Cypress, Blue Moss Cypress
Chris Staley, State College, PA

 Janet Lanman,
Kingsville Boxwood, Hinoki Cypress, Spruce
Brett Thomas, Carbondale, Ill

 Dave Garvin,
Douglas Fir
Ken Vavrek, Philadelphia, PA

 Jack Sustic,
Hinoki Cypress, Japanese Black Pine, Buttonwood
Terry Whye, Finksburg, MD
Paula Winokur, Horsham, PA
Bob Winokur, Horsham, PA