Dan Barton Bonsai

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Dan barton bonsai. He also founded the association of british bonsai artists with great encouragement and a push from his very good friend steve tolley who said. Virtually all of his pots are made using the coiling technique and no two pots are the same. Inspired by piet mondrian i really like this pot. Welcome to my site 29 07 2009.
Dan was founder of the the bristol bonsai society in 1975 and the classical bonsai circle 27 years next april. Dan barton bonsai pots. Dan barton was born in hong kong in 1938 and has been into bonsai since the late sixties. I encountered dan barton in 1991 at the bonsai world convention in birmingham uk and he was the first true bonsai artist i studied with.
Dan first acquired an interest in bonsai in 1969. Over the years i have helped dan with his computer skills and in return he has helped me with my bonsai. Dan barton has been making pots for bonsai for 45 years. He is a senior lecturer in graphic design and applied photography at bristol polytechnic.
He has created several national bonsai events such as the joy of bonsai and bonsai uk exhibition bukex. Dan barton dan first acquired an interest in bonsai in 1969. Stop talking about the idea and just get on with it. He has created several national bonsai events such as the joy of bonsai and bonsai uk exhibition bukex.
He was won multiple awards for his trees. He has never had any formal training in bonsai and was essentially self taught but he was fortunate in having been trained and qualified in the first instance as an art teacher and later in graphic design with applied photography being his main subject he was self taught in this too. Virtually all of his pots are made using the coiling technique and no two pots are the same. Dan was a personal friend of the late peter adams and you can see how they influenced each other.
To touch my feelings feel my touch. He was won multiple awards for his trees. Dan was founder of the association of british bonsai artists the bristol bonsai society and the classical bonsai circle. He lives in bristol with his lovely family who are all very talented artists and he has been a leading figure in the development of british bonsai as well as bonsai pottery.
A recently painted porcelain pot. His research into bonsai has been extensive and he has pioneered several bonsai training techniques. Dan barton ndd atd abipp was born in hong kong in 1938 where he saw bonsai for the first time.