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The Fourth Dimension of Living Art
- by Dorothy Koreshoff

The theme for this year’s major annual event produced much discussion at committee level. How does dimension relate to bonsai? I will explain.

As defined by the Oxford Dictionary the word dimension means: 1. A measur-able extent of any kind, as length, breadth, thickness, area, volume. 2. (Algebra) The number of unknown or variable quantities contained as factors in a product.

Bonsai is the product so defined; it has all the factors mandatory to being so applied and featured within bonsai. Some of it refers to the landscaping associated with trees or groups of trees.

The art of bonsai is in reality a unique form of living art.

LENGTH is described as distance, span measurement, size, interval, and stretch. Length measures branches as well as the container.

BREADTH spans the width of plant branches and container.

THICKNESS The dictionary meaning is being thick. Dimension other than length or breadth. Thickness of trunk is one of the goals of bonsai.

AREA is distance, zone extent, expanse range or region. The area of a bonsai surface can vary according to requirements. A single tree may have a short area with moss and a longer area with pebbles. A landscape may well feature an area of water.

If all the metaphors above are included within our bonsai makeup, espe-cially with depth, the depressions in surface and hollows in trunk whilst collec-tively extensiveness imparts three dimensional characteristics upon horticultural art. How can this perfect word not be applied for they are frequently used in eve-ryday ways to describe certain expressive observations of bonsai?

The analogies depth and space reveal the fourth dimension. It is signifi-cant of a condensed future, shortening the amount of seasonal growth time o a few years by standard horticultural techniques able to mimic maturity. This is the achievement quality we display.

About the Spring Show
The spring show of the B.S.A. is held every year in September. The Society is highly thought of and deemed an asset to the community by the Baulkham Hills Council..

For many years, The Bonsai Society of Australia Inc has been known for their innovative approach to Bonsai display. Each year we endeavour to create a display with an unusual theme.

Our show committee within the Society choose themes for a shows with a specific purpose in mind ...to primarily; grab the attention of the public and to entice them to join the mystical world of bonsai...; and to illustrate that displaying bonsai can be done in other ways rather than just trees on a table.

Once they are there, the allure and romance of the trees captures the attention of everyone, and they leave with a purpose to learn more about THE ART OF BONSAI.

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