BCI Store, Events & News
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Inside 2020 Q3
Exhibitions & Conventions
Canadian Bonsai Goes Virtual: How We Created a Bonsai Show Online in 2020
By Joan Greenway and Vianney Leduc, Canada
A Grand Bonsai Opera: Wonderful bonsai nurseries and one of the most famous Japanese exhibitions, the Taikan-ten in Kyoto
By Florentine Grunwald, Germany
A Spectacular Bonsai Event in India: The Lucknow Bonsai Summit 2020
By Dr. Sujata Bhat and Bhavna Shah, India
People
Congratulations 2020 BCI Tree and Stone of the Year Winners!
What I See is the Courage: A Tribute to Dr. Jonathan Singer
By Michael Collins McIntyre, Canada
Articles
Bonsai and Suiseki in the Middle of a Global Pandemic
By Larry Stephan, USA
Making Daiza for Suiseki Viewing Stones
By Nigel Atkinson, Australia
BCI Instructors
Styling an old Taxus baccata
By Marco Tarozzo, BCI Instructor, Italy
Lo “stregone andaluso” [Andalusian Sorcerer]:
Styling a Juniperus sabina “rastrera”
By Mario Pavone and Marco Zocco Ramazzo, Italy
Reviews
Website Review: Kimura Masterclass on Bonsai Empire
By Joe Grande, Canada
FEATURED ON THE COVER: On exhibit at Taikan-ten, Tokyo, Japan, 2019.
Diospyros kaki, also called the persimmon, Oriental persimmon or kaki,
Photo by Florentine Grunwald, Germany
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Inside 2020 Q4
Photo Essay
Resurrection 96, Juniperus chinensis var. Kishu
By Massimo Bandera, Italy
Articles
Appreciating Traditional Chinese Gardens
By Gudrun Benz, Germany
A Versatile Display for Shohin Bonsai
By David DeGroot, USA
The Elegant Tiger Hill Penjing Garden in Suzhou
By Gudrun Benz, Germany
Reproduction by air layering
By Roland Schatzer, Italy
Pandemic Creation “Ocean on a tray”
By Anita Bajpai, India
BCI Instructors
Big Mugo from the Graian Alps
By Danilo Scursatone, Italy
Raijin God of Lightning and Thunder
By Marco Tarozzo, Italy
Reviews
Shohin, Bonsai’s archetype
By Joe Grande, Canada
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Inside 2021 Q
Exhibitions
A Mirage on the Horizon: The 23rd TBCA Style Exhibition and Competition
By Huang Ching Fu, Hsieh Jue Zhong, Paul Linn, Taiwan, and José L. Rodríguez Macías, Puerto Rico
An Adventure in Virtual Bonsai: The Rocky Mountain Bonsai Society Tackles Pandemic Obstacles
By Tom Anglewicz and Paul Koenning, USA
Bonsai Fair: 2020
By Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
Articles
Where is the Red Jade? The Black Tea Scented Land of Yuchi County
By Liu Qi Fan Associate Professor, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan
20 Years Later: Chamaecyparis obtusa var. Tsuyama, the perfect species for the Chokkan style
By Massimo Bandera, Italy
The Beauty of Soft: Ficus pedunculosa
By Min Hsuan Lo, and Andrew Lo, Taiwan
A Rarity of Nature’s Wonders: Grape Agate Stones
By Gudrun Benz, Germany
BCI Instructors
True Bonsai is Teamwork: Styling Widar, a centuries-old Pinus sylvestris
By Mario Pavone, BCI/IBS Instructor, and Marco Insubreman, Italy
If you haven’t seen Nikko, you can’t talk about splendor: Creating An ishizuki of Juniperus itoigawa
By Marco Tarozzo, Italy
People
Kuntoro Wiryanto: A suiseki lover from Bandar Lampung
By Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
Kurakichi, Kenichi and Daiki: The Abe Dynasty and a Chronicle of an Unforgettable Day
By Marco Tarozzo, Italy
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Inside 2021 Q2
Articles
Chokkan: Formal Upright Style
By Massimo Bandera, Italy.
Surface Pattern Stones of China
By Gudrun Benz, Germany
Simply ‘China!’— A Brief History of Chinese Ceramics, Earthenware and Porcelain
By Gudrun Benz, Germany
Finding the Gem Within:
The Process of Styling Conifer Materials From Humble Beginnings
By Bai Jia Qian, Taiwan and José Luis Rodríguez Macías, Puerto Rico
BCI Instructors
Story of an Old Contorted Mountain Pine
By Mario Pavone, Italy
By Mario Pavone, Italy
People
My Own Private Huangshan
By Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
Who Is? Mauro Stemberger: The Larchitect, Constructing and Articulating Nature
By Enrique Castaño, Mexico and Joe Grande, Canada
Growing Together: Looking Back, Looking Forward
By Edwin Symmes, USA
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Inside 2021 Q3
Exhibitions
Bonsai in Old San Juan
By José O. Rivera, Puerto Rico
“Spring Festival” Bonsai Zentrum Heidelberg, Germany
By Gudrun Benz, Germany
Articles
The story of my Chinese Pistache
By Min Hsuan Lo, and Andrew Lo, Taiwan
Man-Made: The New Stage of Indonesian Suiseki
By Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
The Struggles of Life and Death: The Yushan Juniper
By Ho Jan Lee, Taiwan
Larix Decidua By Pietro Angelo Dellapiana
An Aesthetic Analysis by Massimo Bandera, Italy
Books
Bonsai in the Imperial Palace, by Naoko Okada
Review By Lindsay Bebb, Australia
Shohin Presentation, by Ursula Funke
Review by David DeGroot, USA
People
Bonsai and Bronze: Enrique’s Garden in the Yucatan
By Joe Grande, Canada
You Say Goodbye and I Say Hello: The Legacy of Vincent Manzano Ferrer
By Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
