Page 64 - BCI Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Q1 2025

Top: View of the exhibit.
Upper middle left: Display by
ceramic artist Wayne Malleau,
who captivated visitors with
a detailed presentation of his
creative process.
Middle right: Anishinaabe
Traditional Grandmother Kim
Wheatley.
Lower middle left and bottom:
Before and after of Éric Auger’s
demonstration tree, an Eastern
White Cedar.
Bottom right: Bill Valavanis
and Éric Auger engage the
audience in an interactive
critique, analyzing and
discussing several trees on
exhibit.
Facing page:
Top left: Water Pool Stone,
Jennifer Defour collection.
Top right: “Tsunami,” Joel
Trojanowski collection
(collected by Joel), Japanese
suiban by Koyo. Stand by Kevin
Yates.
Upper middle: Mountain Stone,
John Khuu Collection. John
acquired it from a stone yard in
Whitby, ON.
Lower middle: Mountain Stone
by Jeffrey Shortt (from the
Arthur Skolnik collection).
Bottom: Island Stone by Jeffrey
Shortt (from the Chiara Padrini
collection).
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