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03Jul2006

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Paul Stokes

Louis Vallejo Workshop with collected Winged Elm (Ulmus alata) – MABA 2006

: A collected Winged Elms (Ulmus alata) before the workshop.

: Louis Vallejo looking over the stock trees

: Louis Vallejo looking over the stock trees

: Another view

: The workshop area

: Louis explaining that these are collected trees, so when they are styled they should still look like the are growing in the wild.

: Louis inspecting a piece of stock

: Louis asks each participant what they see for a design and listens carefully

: Louis explains what he sees in the stock

: Louis drawing what he sees for this tree

: Louis must explore every option available for each tree

: With the help of Louis a participant begins

: Louis arranging the branches just so

: A collected winged elm (Ulmus alata) after the workshop

: A collected winged elm (Ulmus alata) after the workshop

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Paul Stokes has written 13 articles on Knowledge of Bonsai.

Paul Stokes (USA) is an amateur bonsai enthusiast from Madison, Wisconsin. A web designer, internet and computer programmer, landscaper, construction worker, Paul has long been fascinated by the miniaturization of trees in pots. He has been involved with bonsai since 2000, when his girlfriend bought him a mini-bonsai starter kit for his birthday; he became a member of Badger Bonsai Society a year later. He is an active editor of the Art of Bonsai project, a co-founder and active editor of the Knowledge of Bonsai Forum and his vast skills with computers and web design keep both forums running smoothly and professionally. He is also currently involved in the in planning the innovative All American Bonsai Show in 2008. His current goal is to create unity and the expansion of the knowledge of bonsai the world over.

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