Inside 2013 Q1

Volume 52 number 1

JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH

Tours, Exhibits and Conventions

3     The Incredible 10th Crespi Cup, Parabiagio, Italy, by Kath Hughes, UK and Kathy Coffman, USA

12   Far Fong is Far Out; Taiwan’s unique bonsai style by Robert Kempinski, USA and Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan

24   Bowers Museum; Kofu Bonsai KaiBonsai & Suiseki Show by Manuel Martinez, USA

44   Yangzhou Penjing Museum; A legacy millennia in the making by Zhao Qingquan, China

56   BCI VIP China Tour; Post BCI 2013 International Bonsai Convention in Yangzhou by Lindsay Bebb, Australia

Feature Articles

18   Yamadori Dilemma; to Collect or Not to Collect? by Kath Hughes, U.K.

34   Painting with Light: Fine Bonsai: Art and Nature; The Bonsai Photography of Jonathan Singer by Michael Collins-McIntyre, Canada

51   Bonsai Therapy by Luigi Bardini, Irene Sturari, Francesco Balbo, Manuela Balma Tivola and Massimo Bandera, Italy

Process

30   L’americano; a Rocky Mountain juniper in Pennsylvania by Mauro Stemberger, Italy

Books

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

NEWS

61   BCI Awards of Excellence; Canada and Australia

63   Viewing Stones of California, Gualala Arts Center

EVENTS

64   Calendar of Events compiled by Alan Walker

Inside 2013 Q2

Volume 52 number 2

APRIL/MAY/JUNE

Tours, Exhibits and Conventions

4     XIV Noelanders Trophy 2013; Two reports by Gudrun Benz, Germany and Kath Hughes, UK.

36   First Puerto Rico National Bonsai Festival, by Pedro J. Morales, Puerto Rico.

PEOPLE

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

Feature Articles

28   Petrified Wood as Viewing Stones, by Tom Elias, USA.

34   Celestial Viewing Stones, by Michael Collins-McIntyre, Canada, and Daniel Berringer, Brazil.

42   From Russia with Love; An interview with Mihail Blagoveschensky, Russia, by Chiara Padrini, Italy.

46   Adrian Long, A Talent for Overcoming Adversity by Kath Hughes, UK.

52   Appreciating Beauty in a Modern World; Wabi Sabi & Bonsai, by Danilo Scursatone, Italy, and Joe Grande, Canada.

Process

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

FICTION

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

Books

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

NEWS

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

59   Bonsai and Stone News

Inside 2013 Q3

Volume 52 number 3

JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER

Tours, Exhibits and Conventions

4     Highlights from 2013 International Bonsai Convention, Yangzhou, China & BCI’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations, by Kath Hughes, UK and Tom Elias, US

13   Shangshi; Chinese Viewing Stones, 2013 International Bonsai Convention in Yangzhou, China, by Gudrun Benz, Germany

18   Penjing Exhibit 2013, International Bonsai Convention in Yangzhou, China, Photos by the Slender West Lake Scenic Area Organizing Committee, Malcolm Hughes and Kath Hughes, UK

32   The French ConneXion; The 2013 European Bonsai Convention, Audincourt, France, by Kath Hughes, UK

51   BCI 2014: Sunrise on Australian Bonsai; The 27th National Bonsai Convention, Queensland, Australia

Feature Articles

46   The Larch; Deciduous Charm, Conifer by Nature, by Danilo Scursatone, Italy

Process

40   Scorpion Rising; A Juniperus communis ‘Hemispherica’ from southern Italy, by Giacomo Pappalardo, Italy

51   Sunrise on Australian Bonsai; The 27th National Bonsai Convention, Queensland, Australia

54   Ten Years Later; Torulosa Grove on the Seashore, by Lew Buller, USA

57   Recaredo; a manifesto for a contemporary bonsai, by Massimo Bandera, Italy

NEWS

64   BCI Awards of Excellence at Arcobonsai; BCI Visitors in Vietnam; A New Container for an Atlas Cedar at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum, USA; BCI Awards of Excellence in Sicily.

72   Calendar of Events, compiled by Alan Walker, USA

 INSIDE 2014 Q1

Volume 53 number 1
JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH

Tours, Exhibits and Conventions

25    BCI Tour Australia 2014 Post-convention Tour

42    National Bonsai and Penjing Collection of Australia

        By Leigh Taafe, Australia

46    Taikan-ten Impressions of The Grandview Bonsai Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan

        By Owen Reich, USA

People & Collections

4      The 50-Year Journey of an American Bonsai Pioneer;
Bill Valavanis’ love affair with bonsai

        By Marc Arpag, USA

12    Bonsai Artistry and a Passion for Stones in the Garden State;
An Interview with Martin Schmalenberg

        By Joe Grande, Canada

20    New Bonsai Museum of Baosheng Garden

        By Tom Elias, USA

35    In Memory of Mary Holmes Bloomer

        By Donna Banting, USA

Featured Species

32    Black Pine; Strength and Beauty

        By Danilo Scursatone, Italy

Process

28    Good, better, best! Refining a Coastal Banksia.

        By Grant Bowie, Australia

36    The Renaissance of an Old Pine; When a Shakan Became a Han Kengai

        By Mauro Stemberger, Italy

BOOK REVIEW

59    Keshiki Bonsai: The Easy Modern Way to Create Miniature Landscapes

        By Michael Collins-McIntyre, Canada

NEWS

61    Bonsai and Stone News; Bonsai Exhibition by Bonsai Study Group of The Indo-Japanese Association; BCI Award of Excellence at the Toronto Bonsai Society’s fall Bonsai Show at the Toronto Botanical Gardens; Chicago Horticultural Society Seeking Curator