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RE BONSAI
Bonsai holds the untamed majesty of nature inside a single vessel.
Keeping one alive has always demanded a lifetime of skill.
These twenty ask nothing.
Withered bonsai, rescued by TOUFU TOKYO in Tokyo. The trunk and branches — decades of a master's shaping — are kept. The foliage is treated, colored by hand, and returned leaf by leaf, over weeks.
Real wood. Real leaves. Rebuilt to last.
Twenty pieces, each one-of-one. Shown in person for the first time in the United States.
“I spent years learning to do things fast.
Going home taught me that craftsmanship is just someone deciding not to.”
Evergreen
The classic form. Preserved juniper in its truest color — a tree that took decades to shape, now permanently still. The quiet anchor of the collection.
First Snow
Silver-white needles on weathered deadwood. The quietest series of the four — it holds the stillness of a mountain morning after the first snowfall.
Ember
Crimson canopy over a twisting trunk that took half a century to form. The most dramatic silhouette in the collection — fire held in permanent suspension.
Indigo Drift
Deep indigo meets frost white in the rarest series of the collection — a tree caught between seasons, forever. The fewest pieces made. The first to go.
Twenty pieces. One afternoon.
In person only.
Hours — 2:00 – 5:00 PM
Location — Bluestream Gallery
555 Grant Ave, San Francisco
Every piece is numbered and one-of-one, available for same-day acquisition. Nothing is sold online, and nothing will be restocked.
Weeks of work. Decades of growth.
Preserved forever.
“A tree has grown over many years and carries its own history, I want to preserve its form and give it a new life as a work of art.”
Be the first through the door.
RSVP to receive the full catalogue — all twenty pieces — one week before the doors open, and first option to reserve.