Summary

Gourab has been working on species mostly from West Bengal, India, and has been practicing the art form for the past 20 years. He is one of the founders of the Digital Bonsai School, SABF.

Trees are collected from the wild or raised from small cuttings and saplings. The species include Ficus rumphii, African baobab, ficus benghalensis, Bougainvillea, strebulus asper, arjuna, murraya pinaculata and ficus infectoria and Indian antidesma to name a few.

The Agro Horticulture Society of India, the largest bonsai show in India and West Bengal awarded Gourab first prize for best bonsai multiple times. He has also been awarded in thirty-six local shows for his bonsai.

Currently, he is engrossed in working, teaching and sharing knowledge with people all across India both through workshops and also through digital media. He also does skilled maintenance for premium collectors all across India.

Experience

Gourab established Bengal Bonsai in West Bengal in India. Bengal Bonsai is a concept. It is not a club or an organization. It is a group of like-minded bonsai-loving people helping each other.

The main concept is to focus on creating something different (the motto is to use trees as the medium of expression) in the field of bonsai relating to Bengal, representing the cultural tradition and diversity of India. Creating features that would signify and would make the bonsai in India significantly different with experimentation and work.

Bonsai has to have an optimum balance of artistic, natural aspects and visual appeal to capture the journey of its creation. It is a movement to improve Bonsai art in Bengal through the exchange of knowledge and skills with the help of like-minded bonsai enthusiasts.

Even with art, we try to scientifically explain design concepts.

Gourab has completed seminars and demos with Master Budi Sulitsyo from Indonesia and with Master Michael Morden from the Philippines.