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Appreciation for Bonsai and Viewing Stones has spread throughout the world—a world BCI Magazine brings to you with each issue

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Inside 2013-Q2

Tours, Exhibits and Conventions

 
XIV Noelanders Trophy 2013;
Two reports by Gudrun Benz, Germany and Kath Hughes, UK.
 
First Puerto Rico National Bonsai Festival.
By Pedro J. Morales, Puerto Rico.

     

 People

 
A Portrait of Bonsai as a Young Russian.
By Andrei Bessonov, Russia, and Joe Grande, Canada
 
 

 Articles

 
Petrified Wood as Viewing Stones.
By Tom Elias, USA.
 
Celestial Viewing Stones
By Michael Collins-McIntyre, Canada, and Daniel Berringer, Brazil.
 
From Russia with Love; An interview with Mihail Blagoveschensky, Russia,
By Chiara Padrini, Italy.
 
Adrian Long, A Talent for Overcoming Adversity
By Kath Hughes, UK.
 
Appreciating Beauty in a Modern World; Wabi Sabi & Bonsai,
By Danilo Scursatone, Italy, and Joe Grande, Canada.
 

  Processs

 

Naka Goes Hawaiian! Part III.
By David Fukumoto, Hawaii, USA.
 

 Fiction

 
Found a Friend, A Short Story
By Guillermo Castaño R., Mexico
 

Book Review

 
Penjing: The Chinese Art of Bonsai, by Qingquan, Zhao
By Michael Collins-McIntyre, Canada.
 
 

Fiction

 

Update on bonsai-bci.com; State of the BCI Website

 

 

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The Incredible 10th Crespi Cup, Parabiagio, Italy
By Kath Hughes, UK and Kathy Coffman, USA
 
Far Fong is Far Out; Taiwan’s unique bonsai style
By Robert Kempinski, USA and Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan
 
Bowers Museum; Kofu Bonsai KaiBonsai & Suiseki Show
By Manuel Martinez, USA
 
Yangzhou Penjing Museum; A legacy millennia in the making
By Zhao Qingquan, China
 
BCI VIP China Tour; Post BCI 2013 International Bonsai Convention in Yangzhou
By Lindsay Bebb, Australia

     

 Articles 

 
Yamadori Dilemma; to Collect or Not to Collect?
By Kath Hughes, U.K.
 
Painting with Light: Fine Bonsai: Art and Nature; The Bonsai Photography of Jonathan Singer
By Michael Collins-McIntyre, Canada
 
Bonsai Therapy
By Luigi Bardini, Irene Sturari, Francesco Balbo, Manuela Balma Tivola and Massimo Bandera, Italy
 
 

 Process

 
L’americano; a Rocky Mountain juniper in Pennsylvania
By Mauro Stemberger, Italy
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  Book Review

 
Sailing in the Ocean of Art; The Dynamic Penjing of Liu Chuangang
By Thomas Elias
 

 News

 

BCI Awards of Excellence; Canada and Australia

Viewing Stones of California, Gualala Arts Center 

  

Events 

 

Calendar of Events compiled by Alan Walker

 

 

 

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Visions of the American West; A Bonsai Milestone in the Mile High City
By Joe Grande
 
Arcobonsai; the 27th National Bonsai and Suiseki Exhibition
By Emilio Capozza, Italy
 
BCI VIP China Tour; Post BCI 2013 International Bonsai Convention in Yangzhou
By Lindsay Bebb

     

 Articles 

 
Suzuki & Smith; Renowned Daiza Carvers
By Tom Elias & Hiromi Nakaoji
 
Bonsai in Autumn
By Danilo Scursatone
 
The Terroir of Daniel Berringer’s Agate Viewing Stones
By Michael Collins-McIntyre
 
 

 Process

 
Why can’t we grow a pine in the living room? Abiotic factors in bonsai, from chilling to wiring
By Enrique Castaño de la Serna
 
 
  

 People

 
The Rocky Mountain Bonsai Society; A Unique History
By Patrick B. Allen, and Harold Sasaki
 
Hu Leguo; Chinese bonsai master and Lifetime Achievement Award winner
By Zhao Qingquan and Wen Dao Li
 
50 Years of Fukumoto Bonsai and Our BCI Connection
By David W. Fukumoto 
 

 News

 
BCI Magazine Survey Results by Tom Elias
Celebrate BCI 50th Anniversary; special Edition of Kusamono Pots by Joan Greenway
 
BCI Awards of Excellence-USA
List Your Event on the BCI Website by Ian Glew
 

Events

 

Calendar of Events compiled by Alan Walker

 

 

 

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Inside 2012-Q3

Tours, Exhibits and Conventions

 
BCI 2012 Photo Competition
 
The New Omiya Bonsai Art Museum, Saitama, Japan
By Tom Elias and Hiromi Nakaoji, USA
 
The 2013 International Bonsai Convention, Yangzhou, China
By Joe Grande, Canada

     

 Articles 

 
From a Lump of Clay, Shaping Bonsai Visions
By Youri van Pinxteren, Holland
 
Bonsai Species in Malaysia: Cucur Atap
By Mohd Bohori and Dr. Shukri, Malaysia
 
Amazing Cleveland, The Chinese Rock Collection of Melvin Goldstein
By Chiara Padrini, Italy
 
Adapting the Bonsai Process to Namibia
By Bernie O’Callaghan, Namibia
 
 

 Process

 
Tackling a Taxus in 60 minutes
By Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
 
A Cascade of Ice, a Mugo Pine from the Swiss Alps
By Mauro Stemberger, Italy
 
 
 People
 
Mediterranean Bonsai in Majorca, The Bonsai Art of Angel Mota,
Interview by Massimo Bandera, Italy
 
BCI Awards of Excellence in Australia, USA, and Canada
 
 

 News

 

Members only section of the web site up and running, by Ian Glew, Australia

  

Events 

 Calendar of Events compiled by Alan Walker

  

 

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Grand Bonsai Tour; Japan.
By Rob Kempinski
 
Visions of the American West, 2012 ABS/BCI Symposium in Denver, Colorado, USA
Pre-Convention Tour, Visions of the American West.
By Paul Gilbert
 
Noelanders Trophy XIII, International Bonsai Show.
By Christian Vos
 
ASPAC 2011: Takamatsu, Japan.
By Kath Hughes

     

 Articles 

 
Bonsai Journal: Africa.
By Jerry Meislik
 
Reconnect and Reenergize through Stones & Tea.
By Joseph Roussel
 
Shitakusa & Kusamono, Companion plants in bonsai & in the garden, Part 2
By Danilo Scursatone
 
 

 Process

 
Southern boxwood hides its true potential.
By Mauro Stemberger
 
Styling a Spruce at Bonsai Autumn, Switzerland.
By Budi Sulistyo
 
 
 People
 
 
21 x 21, the bonsai art of Paolo Licari, Sicily.
By Massimo Bandera
 
BCI Awards of Excellence in Japan, USA, Belgium and Canada 
 
  

Events 

 Calendar of Events compiled by Alan Walker