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EDITOR
Joe Grande: editor@bonsai-bci.com Box 85, Group 20, RR2
Ste. Anne, MB Canada R5H 1R2
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Massimo Bandera, Italy & Spain Gudrun Benz, Germany
Michael Collins-McIntyre, Canada Thomas S. Elias, USA
Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan Danilo Scursatone, Italy Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
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PUBLISHING SCHEDULE
promoting international friendship through bonsai
Bonsai
b o n s a i - b c i . c o m
VOLUME 57 NUMBER 4 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
inside Q4
EXHIBITS AND CONVENTIONS
4 Bonsai Down Under Exposed: AABC Convention By Glenis Bebb, Australia
40 Bonsai Gallery: TBCA Celebrates 20 Years of Excellence in Bonsai By Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan
54 Bonsai and Viewing Stones Under the Big Tent: Rocky Mountain Bonsai Society Exhibit
By Tom Anglewicz, USA.
ARTICLES
14 Golden Joinery: Mending Broken Pots with the Kintsugi Process By Massimo Bandera, Italy and Joe Grande, Canada
32 Track Your Trees: My Bonsai Diary, a modern tool for the ancient Art of Bonsai By Lizzy Fowler, Australia
34 Power & Balance: Styling a yamadori Juniperus californica By Mauro Stemberger, Italy
37 Scion Grafting: Improving Foliage on a Juniper Bonsai By Bjorn Bjorholm and Bonsai Empire
51 What makes a particular plant species good or bad for bonsai? By Enrique Castaño, Mexico
PEOPLE AND COLLECTIONS
20 A Small but Beautiful Collection:
The Official opening of the “Richard Sang Collection” By Gudrun Benz, Germany
26 Bonsai in the North: Peter Wilson, Self-Taught Vancouver Island Bonsai Artist By Barb Round, Canada
46 Viewing Stone Gallery: Furuya Stones, Quintessentially Japanese By Tom Elias, USA
NEWS
62 • 6th US National Bonsai Exhibition 8-9 September 2018 • Forever Green: Eisei-en Grand Opening
ON OUR COVER: Seiju Elm, Ulmus parvifolia ‘Seiju,’ by Quentin Valentine, Australia. The Best Tree of the Show, AABC Convention, “Bonsai Exposed,” 31st National Convention in Melbourne, Australia, and the BCI Award of Excellence.
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