This was a hack of a weekend! Two whole days with bonsai trees, deep in creative mode. Saturday's nine hours on workshop in Tora was tiring. Yew-trees was difficult and even a little worse material than I expected. Yew is a tree which demand a lot of work if you want to take whole potential out of it.     

To pa je bil konec tedna! Dva dneva od zore do mraka z bonsaji, potopljen v ustvarjanje. Sobotnih devet ur v Tori na tematski delavnici je bilo napornih. Tise so se pokazale za zahtevnejši in celo nekoliko slabši materijal, kot sem si predstavljal. Sodijo med drevesa, na katerih bo treba še veliko delati, da bodo novi lastniki iz njih iztisnili ves potencijal.

Sunday was a club day. Despite cold in working room the atmosphere was loosen and full of creative energy. Us four instructors worked with pupils on advanced workshop. There was really kind host which take care of every thing. That I'll remember for sure. And that I have the opportunity to work on red pine - Pinus sylvestris. For me this is the most beautiful species in bonsai art! And I don't have it in my collection yet. Janez brought to Tržič material with great potential, tree has an old bark and brunches are just right for creative work. And so I did live my self to my vision ... 

Nedelja je bil klubski dan. Kljub mrazu v delovnem prostoru je bilo vzdušje spet sproščeno, polno ustvarjalne energije. Štirje inštruktorji smo delali s tečajniki na nadaljevalnem tečaju. Sam si bom dan zapomnil po prijaznosti gostiteljev in pa riložnosti, da sem delal na vrsti, ki je v moji zbirki še ni, gre pa za meni najlepšo bonsajsko vrsto - rdeči bor. Janez je v Tržič pripeljal materijal z odličnim potencialom, deblo ima lepo gibanje in staro skorjo, veje so nudile ogromno možnosti za ustvarjanje. In lahko sem se prepustil svoji viziji.

After two days of bonsaizm Janez said: "It will be enough for two weeks." But not for me. I am full of energy now and I'll feel abstinent crisis for sure. But I'll help my self with my collection of trees and with work in Tora!

Janez je potem, po dveh dneh bonsajizma, rekel: "Za dva tedna bo zdaj morda dovolj." Zame ne. Takšna srečanja me napolnijo s takšno energijo, da bom zdaj v naslednjih dneh trpel abstinenčno krizo. Ampak si bom že pomagal s svojo zbirko in pa delom v Tori!