Enrique Castaño
Enrique Castaño practices bonsai in his home country of Mexico. As a second generation bonsai artist he was introduced to the art of bonsai as a normal part of everyday life. His love for nature lead him to study biology and he obtained his Ph.D in 1997 from Rochester University followed by postdoctoral positions in Harvard and in the UK, which were valued opportunities for him to observe the work of well known artists and, more importantly, to see many different aspects of nature. The only problem has been that every time he acquired a collection of trees, he moved to a different part of the world. Since he returned to Mexico in 2002, he restarted a new collection and begun teaching the art in Mexico, so the trees he shows there now are just a few years old (well from the bonsai point of view anyhow). He has a few award winning bonsai and he serves as an adviser for the Latin-American golden Award Prize in the China Penjing Contest. he started the group of tropical bonsai in Mexico which he has been president of for the last few years and he does seminars and demos around Mexico. He hopes that his new book "Botany for Bonsai, the Science Behind the Art" will be of help to both novice and experts alike.
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March 15th, 2009
BARK (kawa)
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March 14th, 2008
White buttonwood (Avicennia germinans) – Enrique Castaño
Recent Articles
Recent Forum Posts
- Show and Tell • Re: Second challenge with a twist February 8, 2010 Pedro Lagares
- Styling Advice • Re: Sloe - Blackthorn February 7, 2010 ovidium
- Rules and Information • Re: Contest Discussion February 5, 2010 Hector F Corral
- Show and Tell • Re: Nineth bonsai challenge..photographs and discussion February 5, 2010 Graham Hues
- World of Bonsai Video Series • Re: WorldOfBonsai series 2 February 4, 2010 Morten Albek
- Bonsai on the Web • Special Event... Marco Invernizzi in Round Table February 3, 2010 Ashley Barns
Recent Blog Posts
- ‘T IS NOT MUTCH…BUT IT’S A START! February 8, 2010
- HANAMI II February 8, 2010
- The Result of the Asia Pacific Bonsai and Suiseki Convention & Exhibition Logo Contest February 8, 2010
- The Result of the Asia Pacific Bonsai and Suiseki Convention & Exhibition Logo Contest February 8, 2010
- new mame. February 6, 2010