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Thursday, July 16th, 2009 by Min Hsuan Lo

Juniper Chinese –Intensive Procedure

Chinese Junipers are one of my favorite species for bonsai. I always remember when I was young my father told me, “the character of juniper,”  He say: ” Juniper is survive in the highest mountain in Taiwan—YUE SAN — probably from 3400m to 3997m. There, every year was covered by snow nearly 6 months. Update ...

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Thursday, September 25th, 2008 by Robert Steven

Transformation in Bonsai

The following article is an excerpt from Robert Steven’s new book, “Mission of Transformation.” We are very proud to offer our readers a glimpse into this wonderful follow up to Robert’s first book, “Vision of My Soul” and we sincerely hope that you enjoy it as much as we have. For advance orders of “Mission ...

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Friday, March 14th, 2008 by David Fairbanks

Meyer Juniper (Juniperus squamata ‘Meyerii’) – David Fairbanks

The following progression article was a Non-Professional – Raw Stock entry in the “2007 Knowledge of Bonsai Progressive Styling Contest” and was entered by David Fairbanks of the United Kingdom. This entry received a score of 15 out of a possible 30 points from the judges. This entry took first place in the Non-Professional – Raw ...

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Friday, March 14th, 2008 by John Geanangel

Shimpaku Juniper (Juniperus chinesis sargentii) – John Geanangel

The following progression article was a Non-Professional – Pre-Bonsai entry in the “2007 Knowledge of Bonsai Progressive Styling Contest” and was entered by John Geanangel of the USA. This entry received a score of 20 out of a possible 30 points from the judges. This entry took first place in the Non-Professional – Pre-Bonsai category. We feel ...

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Friday, March 14th, 2008 by Enrique Castaño

White buttonwood (Avicennia germinans) – Enrique Castaño

The following progression article was a Professional – Collected Stock entry in the “2007 Knowledge of Bonsai Progressive Styling Contest” and was entered by Enrique Castaño of Mexico. This entry received a score of 26 out of a possible 30 points from the judges. We feel that by featuring these progressions, which contain the thoughts ...

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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 by Enrico Savini

Juniperus Sabina: The Secrets of the Optical Distraction

One of the factors that has always fascinated me, and on which I spend a great part of my continuous study in the art of bonsai is the concept of Optical Distraction. Master Kimura touched on this in his third book, but it is not explained in a detailed way. In reality, this is about ...

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Sunday, October 21st, 2007 by Hans Van Meer

Mugo Pine (Pinus Mugo) – Hans Van Meer

This Pinus Mugo entry in the ‘Knowledge of Bonsai Progressive Styling Contest’ by Hans van Meer of the Netherlands, captured first place in the ‘Professional Collected Stock’ division with a score of 27 points out of a possible 30, and was also selected as the ‘Best Overall Bonsai’ by the contest judges. By allowing us the ...

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Friday, October 12th, 2007 by Rune Kyrdalen

Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) – Rune Kyrdalen

This Scots pine from Rune Kyrdalen placed first in the ‘KoB progressive styling contest’ non-professional category, scoring 19 points of a possible 30. Choosing material collected in Norway in the spring 2006 was somewhat risky for beginning work after only one year recovery. There were many different possibilities of shaping this tree and the owner has ...

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Sunday, October 7th, 2007 by John Pitt

Yew (Taxus baccatta ) – John Pitt

This Taxus sp. from John Pitt was presented in the KoB progressive styling contest. He won the first prize in the ‘professional pre-bonsai stock’ classification, scoring 23 points of a possible 30. The material, originally a 2 year old seedling was planted in the garden where it was trained for 6 years to become thick ...

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Monday, June 11th, 2007 by Budi Sulistyo

Yin and Yang

“Yin” and “Yang” is a philosophical term in old Chinese culture or Daoism consists of two main elements that describes positive and negative, day and night or male and female; two opposing things that compliment one to the other. When I saw my two diospyros bonsai I was suddenly inspired of designing a penjing with ...

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