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EDITOR
Joe Grande: bcieditor@grandesign.net Box 85, Group 20, RR2
Ste. Anne, MB Canada R5H 1R2
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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Massimo Bandera, Italy & Spain Michael Collins-McIntyre, Canada Thomas S. Elias, USA
Kath Hughes, UK
Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan Danilo Scursatone, Italy Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia Alan Walker, USA
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VOLUME 54 NUMBER 3 JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER
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TOURS, EXHIBITS AND CONVENTIONS
20 Suseok on Center Stage; 20th Annual Korean/American Viewing Stone Exhibition Interview by Jack L. Dennis, USA
29 2015 BCI Convention and the 12th Asia-Pacific Bonsai and Viewing Stone Convention and Exhibition, Guangzhou, China
50 An Exhibit of Art: Bonsai at the Lynden Sculpture Garden By Jack Douthitt, USA
ARTICLES
4 Tree in Mind Clay in Hand; Gong Linmin, Master Ceramic Artist By Tom Elias, USA
14 il Nibelungo; How a semi-cascade Mugo pine became an informal upright Interview by Joe Grande, Canada
32 Sumo Bonsai: A collective work of art. By Mauro Stemberger, Italy
40 The Chinese Garden at the Mannheim Luisenpark, Germany By Gudrun Benz, Germany
54 Bougainvillea Re-Born: Phoenix Graft By Lew Buller, USA
PEOPLE & COLLECTIONS
26 Puerto Rico: Bonsai in Isla Encanta with Norma Rodriguez By Kathy Coffman, USA
57 BCI Member Spotlight: A Lover of Mountains, Anthony V Gedang, Philippines REVIEWS
45 The Bonsai Beginner’s Course: Teaching a new generation of bonsai enthusiasts NEWS
53 Update: BCI 2015 Photo Competition & Album
58 BCI Board Member Nikunj Parekh receives Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun
BCI Excellence Award at the 30th Arcobonsai in Italy
Making Bonsai History in Vietnam
New BCI Website
Tree and Stone of the Month; New Feature on New BCI Website
ON OUR COVER: On exhibit at Arcobonsai, Trento, Italy and winner of the BCI Excellence Award; Mugo pine, Pinus mugo, by Sandro Segneri, Italy. Photo by Nicola Kitora Crivelli.
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