Some of you may remember that back in 2018 I led a drawing class at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum at the U.S. National Arboretum presented by the National Bonsai Foundation.
They reached out again last month asking if I’d like to participate in World Bonsai Day, a global celebration of bonsai in the spirit of peace and unity, by granting them permission to use one of my drawings from the class on a commemorative t-shirt marking the celebration. I jumped at the chance, of course!
And what better drawing to use for this celebration of peace than the one i did of one of the Museum’s most treasured trees, the Yamaki Pine, aka “Peace Tree,” perhaps best known for its surviving of the atomic bomb the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima, Japan during WW!!.
I encourage you to join the National Bonsai Foundation for their (virtual) festivities which will take place on their homepage at www.bonsai-nbf.org all day Saturday, May 8th. (And will remain up until May 18 after that at www.bonsai-nbf.org/wbd2021).
And, of course, should the spirit move you, purchase a t-shirt of which proceeds go to support the National Bonsai Foundation and their work to preserve these incredible trees!
Special Edition Commemorative T-Shirt for World Bonsai Day (in dark blue)
Special Edition Commemorative T-Shirt for World Bonsai Day (in gray)