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EDITOR
Joe Grande: editor@bonsai-bci.com Box 85, Group 20, RR2
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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Massimo Bandera, Italy & Spain Gudrun Benz, Germany
Michael Collins-McIntyre, Canada omas S. Elias, USA
Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan Danilo Scursatone, Italy Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
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PUBLISHING SCHEDULE
TOURS, EXHIBITS AND CONVENTIONS
56 Can You Say Székesfehérvár? European Bonsai & Suiseki Convention 2016 in Hungary By Gudrun Benz, Germany
ARTICLES
4 Three Case Studies Showing the Three Phases in Shaping Wild Olive Bonsai By David Benavente, Spain
26 Enhancing the Stone, Part One: The Japanese Reality of Modifying Suiseki By Thomas Elias and Hiromi Nakaoji, USA
32 Exploring the African Bonsai Style By Tobie Kleynhans, South Africa
42 Techniques in Creating Tropical Bonsai: Clerodendrum aculeatum By José Luis Rodriguez Macias, Puerto Rico
52 Creating Ficus Bonsai; Trunk and Branch Fusing Method
By Angel “Ogi” Uyehara, Philippines, and José Luis Rodríguez Macias, Puerto Rico
60 The Mysterious Forest; Creating a High Mountain Style Group Planting By Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan, and José L. Rodríguez Macias, Puerto Rico
COLLECTIONS
46 Stone Paradise; Suiseki from Batang Ombilin River
By Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia and José L. Rodríguez Macias, Puerto Rico
PEOPLE
69 Dreams of Perfect Trees; Jim Smith’s Bonsai Legacy By Tom Kehoe and Belinda Kehoe, USA
NEWS
67 Bonsai and Stone News: Arcobonsai, Celebrating 31 years of conventions; In Memoriam; Guillermo Castaño Ramirez; Bonsai Intermediate Course launched on Bonsai Empire Website.
ON OUR COVER: Juniperus chinensis var. Itoigawa, 82 cm, Pot: Gyozan Created by Jura Takashi, Japan; in the collection of Fabio Mantovani, Italy
This tree was exhibited in Japan, Kokufu 2016, received the BCI Excellence Award 2016 at Arcobonsai, Italy and also received the UBI Award 2016 (Unione Bonsaisti Italiani). This distinctive tree is the subject of an article by Massimo Bandera in an upcoming issue.
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