About the gallery

The gallery

Drunken Bonsai is a curated gallery of finished specimen bonsai, based in South Carolina. Trees here are acquired already refined, chosen one at a time, and offered on to collectors. The gallery does not claim to have grown or styled what it sells, except where a listing says so plainly.

Provenance

Every tree in the collection states how it came to be here. Most are acquired, bought refined from a grower or a private collection. Some are styled here, worked on directly before being offered. A few are on consignment for another grower. Where a tree has a known source, a known age, or a known previous owner, that goes on the listing too.

Bonsai is a small community with a long memory, and a tree’s history belongs to it. Saying where a tree came from costs nothing and is the only honest way to sell one.

The curator

The collection is assembled by James C. Jordan. The work of the gallery is selection rather than authorship: judging what a tree is, what it could become, and whether it is worth passing on. Each piece is chosen to read clearly from ten paces and reward the closer look at bark, bud and negative space.

Looking for field-grown bonsai in South Carolina? Visit our friends at Honey Hill Bonsai Growers.