Bonsai Table #1

$110.00

Bonsai Table #1
The perfect display table for a tree and stone or any pairing that you decide. The longer top gives ample room for a shohin bonsai and suiseki, or a thoughtful space for an individual tree or stone. The table features an approximately .25” edge to contain sand or gravel to accentuate your display.

Overall size 24.75” x 12.5” x 4”, inner table top: 23.875” x 11.875”

This is the first table I built. It started, like most of my projects, as a picture in my head. I did a sketch after the fact. A lot of pieces start with some kind of sketch but not this one. I just started cutting and shaping the legs. I had enough to make 3 legs. Two good ones and one to screw up. Fortunately there was no screw up. The whole project was simply making what I had to work with . . . work.
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This table came together from left over pieces from other projects. Some of the wood was in pretty rough shape but there was still something to work toward in there. I enjoy sanding and shaping a piece of wood. There’s a connection to process that doesn’t involve any set rules other than to be mindful of what you’re taking off as you work toward the picture you have of the outcome. Then you satisfy yourself with getting as close as you can to that image.

The old saying, “No mud, no lotus.” tells us that out of dukkha comes awakening. The roots of the lotus are down deep in the muck but the bloom remains untouched; unable to be soiled even. There were saw marks, gouges and knotholes in the wood but the shape was there and the “mud” just needed to be removed. That and a coat of paint.

The tree is a trio of trunks of a wild caught privet. I’m not sure what the stone is. It has very thin veins of quartz and a lovely mountain shape.

The picture hanging in the background is part of my Meditation Series. I’ll have this and several others up on the site soon.

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