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and perspective was truly exemplary. Mr. Lindsay Bebb (Australia) along with his assistant Tony Bebb and Mr. Bjorn Bjorholm (U.S.A.), Mr. Juan Andrade (Costa Rica), Mr. Werner Busch (Germany), Mr. Hannes Fritz (South Africa) were the other international headliners who were ably assisted by Japanese bonsai artists. Demonstrations by the Japanese headliners were exciting and a treat to watch. Mr. Kunio Kobayashi worked on a huge Japanese black pine creating a dramatic jin and even placed the tree in a ceramic container. He was assisted by ve of his apprentices and managed to nish the herculean task in just two hours! Mr. Taiga Urushibata exhibited his talent sculpting the deadwood of a Taxus with a saw. Other notable demonstrations were by Mr. Shinji Suzuki, Mr. Mitsuo
Top left; Hannes Fritz (South Africa) had a Shimpaku juniper as his demo tree with a beautiful shari on the trunk which he highlighted.
Top right; Mr. Hiroshi Takeyama created a wonderful forest of about 45 Trident Maple trees which were defoliated to show the branch structure. The nal creation was extremely beautiful.
Middle left; Kenji Oshima (Japan) wired and styled a mature Black pine. Middle right; Jyoti Parekh and Nikunj Parekh created a beautiful Saikei of
Japanese Black Pine on a stone slab, featuring a small pond with stones.
Bottom left; Shigeo Isobe of Japan styled a beautiful Satsuki Azalea bonsai.
Bottom right; Michael Siow Chee Long (Malaysia) worked on a beautiful Wisteria which involved using ra a and bending of the branches nally creating a wonderful cascade bonsai.
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