Crappy Taxus Bonsai with Graham Potter

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@Benw3790 Ай бұрын

Graham, I just want you to know that you are my favorite bonsai professional and you’ve always been!! I’m 34 years old and I live in the USA. Your videos are the first bonsai videos , I ever found on KZbin!! It’s been over 10 years now and I know you’re not chomping at the bit to consistently put out KZbin content but I absolutely love your techniques and how you can turn nothing into something!! Thanks for the video!!!

@jameslangschied7900 Ай бұрын

Your words of wisdom at the end of the video are true for any artform. An oil painter can't expect to learn only from videos. It requires moving paint around, dabbing it here and there, and maybe even getting your fingers involved in the process. Videos, like yours, point the way, but excellence is only achieved by doing. Thanks Graham for pointing the way.

@matshagstrom9839 9 күн бұрын

Thank you for the inspiration. 2025 will be my fifth year of learning bonsai. I started by buying five trees (some tools, a few pots and some wire) from a guy who left to see the world. Every time I saw a new thing to learned I tried it. I propagated from seed, from cuttings, from layering and from grafting. Whenever I saw a new species with potential I got it. Fast forward and I now have 500+ trees of which 50 are in bonsai pots. I agree that to learn we must do. Not only for technique but for each variety and really for each tree. We don't know where the boundaries are until we cross them. We don't know what we can or can not do until we learn. Learning from a teacher helps but not if we don't get our hands dirty. The one skill I have the least experience with is deadwood work. I now have some materiel to work on. It seems very permanent and I suppose it is. I'm reminded regularly that for me it's better to do much of the work in steps over time. It seems like most people want to do these before and after in a single sitting. I suppose it makes for a better video when you do. best

@kliether33 Ай бұрын

Captivating styling and perfect background music

@lindaleal809 Ай бұрын

The beginning seems startling, and then the change is interesting. Further along feels like a creation and then coming up to the finish feels like a gift.

@paulpollard5925 Ай бұрын

Graham, your work is outstanding….I always refer back to your videos as they are inspirational…..please keep on posting 👌

@nancyfahey7518 Ай бұрын

I've always loved your work. Thank you for coming back.

@iSim0641 Ай бұрын

I'm glad comments are enabled. Happy to see you back Graham!

@elmarvogt4238 Ай бұрын

It's simply unbelievable how you once again create a beautiful bonsai from a bush. I'm very impressed (envy).

@Rene_Voortwist Ай бұрын

Great video Graham. Glad to see you posting again. Thank you! 👍

@nickferretti1538 Ай бұрын

grateful to see a new post from you, you really helped pull me into the art many years ago, thank you

@geoffthecarpenter Ай бұрын

G,day Graham I know you are a world class bonsai master but your transformation videos are why I started watching your channel many years ago, please keep them going and don't forget us bonsai peasants, cheers for Adelaide Australia.

@uwefriedrichs4511 Ай бұрын

Thanks Graham for the video, I like the way you approach the subject of bonsai. Greetings from Germany

@kenanderson2149 Ай бұрын

Great video, down to earth. Marvellous transformation from what initially appears an uninspiring piece of material

@DEBbee78 Ай бұрын

This made my day! I really love your content! Been following for many, many years! ❤

@fredberg1821 Ай бұрын

That was truly inspirational. I started and have continued my bonsai journey with several young trees, and some I've dug out of other's yards. This video was incredible, not just because of how that yew turned out way better than I thought it would, but also hearing you talk through it in a manner that speaks volumes of your experience, and in a way that even I can understand. Thank you!

@Rojin_Bonsai_Studio Ай бұрын

fantastic video from the best in the uk, the tree may not be a show winner but its one every one would be happy to have, love the advice at the end to, Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones.

@cesarurb Ай бұрын

Always a pleasure! Thank you Graham!

@marklayzell8132 Ай бұрын

Fantastic video thank you for sharing with us all . Great to see you are doing these great things for everyone in this great community/ hobby

@user-OMF Ай бұрын

Brilliant to see you back,look your work

@Pawpawlogan Ай бұрын

Cheers. Sometimes it's just fun to do. Keeps the old thinker going.

@CatPhD 3 күн бұрын

Very well done. Thank you for sharing with us...

@michaeljijus980 Ай бұрын

Oh my favourite Bonsai Master uploading again!!! My handsome Teddy bear -Graham ❤❤❤ Merry early Xmas to you and your family!!!!! Your fan from Haywards heath!!! ❤

@LudovitSzijem07 Ай бұрын

Thank you Mr. Potter

@peterjohnson350 Ай бұрын

Great to see a new video from you. It looks pretty good to me. Perhaps we could see some of the trees you have been refining in the future for inspiration. Best wishes.

@jasonbollman Ай бұрын

Love the finish....a ways to go but WOW what a transformation!

@claudioestrada1671 Ай бұрын

Love your work Graham.

@Conor66 Ай бұрын

Great stuff Graham, really interesting and informative. We chatted at Peter Chans bonsai journeys gig in the summer (i travelled from Dublin), I learned lots, and am very grateful, keep up the good work man!

@RichardDenRooyen1973 Ай бұрын

Like sculpting... i like this

@stuartbaines2843 Ай бұрын

Thank you Graham 🖖 Wise words which resonate with Me as I have reached a somewhat lower skill level. But enough to take stock of where I am and what I should be Enjoying now 😅🌳🌲🎄

@veganpullingpower6 Ай бұрын

Perfectly said practice it's not about winning its about enjoying the time practicing 👍

@mvlameiras Ай бұрын

Congratulations on your remarkable work, greetings from Brazil and more success for the channel!

@opabinnier Ай бұрын

Hey! Nice one. Watching your work made me get a selection of nursery stock and start training; now, five years later, I have some decent bonsai-bound little rascals. Quickest "mature" results came with larches and beech, which seem made for bonsai; southern beech (Nothofagus) has exciting form and with its naturally tiny leaves looks stunningly aged already. Metasequoia and sweetgum (Liquidambar) are also a joy to work with. THANKS for giving me a supercool hobby mate! Changed my life for the better, no joke.

@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 Ай бұрын

Excellent! Great advice at the end of the video.

@paullowen2707 Ай бұрын

top work Graham Thank you. Merry Christmas

@hermangeldenhuys8548 Ай бұрын

Really enjoy your video, they really helped me as a newbie. It's time to make a video showing your personal collection please!.

@mikeswain9085 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing Graham. As usual, a great video with great music and loads of inspiration. What more can you ask for?

@GrowingBonsai Ай бұрын

Nice work, as always! Thx Graham.

@mcbabs7495 Ай бұрын

Un grand merci à vous pour le partage de votre expérience!

@lucapanigutto6285 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this video and expecially for your final advices 🙂

@knowfear100 Ай бұрын

Great transformation- negative space down the middle too.

@KennetDeBondt Ай бұрын

Again, a fantastic video!

@franciscojesussolanomoreno4403 Ай бұрын

Thanks for your work

@Bonsaicrazy Ай бұрын

Great video Graham I wouldn’t say that tree was bad at all 👊

@allanala-outinen-no9dh Ай бұрын

What you said about it taking 10 or so years to become a passable bonsai is something that should be spread around more. The amount of trees in random pots for sale at ridiculous prices is a joke. “Just say it’s bonsai and you can charge a ton for it”.

@WelshAnimation Ай бұрын

Yes I hate that you put a hobby or craft name on something and the price doubles typically, its an absolute joke