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Top left; Mr. Lindsay Bebb (Australia) along with his son Tony Bebb worked on a fairly old Black Pine by reducing
a considerable amount of foliage and wiring to create an interesting and wonderful tree.
Top right; Mr. Kunio Kobayashi and his Shunka-en team worked on a massive
black pine and created a masterpiece in just 2 hours.
Middle left; The nished Japanese Black pine on display.
Middle right; Isao Omachi, a Tsunami survivor, created a beautiful bonsai from a grafted Shimpaku itiogawa juniper.
Bottom left; Mr. Mitsuo Matsuda had a 5-needle pine as his demo tree which he designed and styled very aesthetically and artistically.
Matsuda, Mr. Isao Omachi, Mr.Kenji Oshima and many others.
ere were also demonstrations on creating Shohin and Mame bonsai, making of ceramic containers, a Satsuki Azalea Bonsai demonstration and a lecture on Suiseki as well.
The welcome and farewell dinners were well attended. Awards were presented at these functions.
e city of Perth in Western Australia was declared as the next venue for the World Bonsai Convention. Mr. Jiro Fukuda handed over the baton of responsibility of the WBFF Chairmanship to Mr. Lindsay Bebb for the next four years.
A Cultural Extravaganza:
e four day event was a cultural extravaganza of sorts with the organizers going all out to showcase the best of Japanese art and culture. Workshops on Yuzen dry textile drawing, Kimono experience, Japanese gar- dens, Furoshiki wrapping cloth, scrolls, tea ceremony etc. were o ered to the delegates. Auctions and ra es of bonsai, pots, suiseki, tools, books etc. were held at the dinner party.
e success of the event speaks volumes for the ex- tremely hard work put in by the organizers and event coordinators and sponsors. is is one convention which will be etched in our memories for eternity and will be really di cult to emulate with regards to the quality of trees and the scale and grandeur of the arrangements.
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