Tag: apex

Shohin

Little, but wild

Bringing out the best from material with many faults...

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Styling

The Azuma pines

Daiki, the third generation Abe, works on seed-grown pines

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Step by Step

A solid foundation

The creation of branches on deciduous trees does not happen overnight, it is a long-term process ...

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Technique

Forbidden fruit

The challenge to grow bonsai from scratch: Ficus

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Styling

The spirit of Kato

A yezo spruce styled by François Jeker and Jean-Paul Polmans.

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Masterclass

Is this a bonsai?

Ken Fujiwara works on a massive black pine

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Styling

First steps

Pinus Nigra - From raw material to bonsai in 7 years.

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Design Sketch

Twin Trunk Taxus

Jan Culek sketches options for the yew of Igor Vengust.

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Masterclass

Wake up, Sleeping dragon

Mario Komsta works on a yamadori pine, Pinus sylvestris.

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Spring

Red alert

A twin trunk becomes an elegant moyogi style.

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Care

The Rock eater

Maintaining and improving a rock-grown Japanese maple.

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Spring

The first cut…

Pruning deciduous trees in the spring. A beginners' guide

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Design Sketch

Are they mother and daughter?

François Jeker's opinion on Peter Kwakernaat's juniper.

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Technique

Just a plastic tray

Working with deciduous trees is always a long-term project which needs some clever thinking, too

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Masterclass

Out of the box

The pine called 'Okou no kyosho' is brought back into shape by Master Kunio Kobayashi

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Masterclass

Wired up?

Improving your wiring skills with Chiharu Imai

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Styling

Two Masters, one tree

Transformation of an Ezo Spruce by Urushibata and Fujikawa

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Seed

Turbo grower

Harry Harrington's story of an oak grown from an acorn

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Masterclass

Man of the Mountains

Mauro Stemberger works on a yamadori pine

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Workshop

Hidden in cones

According to Todd, Douglas firs are one of the most unpredictable trees he has worked with.

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Styling

Jack & John

British artist, John Milton, works on a white pine in Japan.

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Technique

The scent of a bonsai

Developing a giant gardenia into an orthodox informal upright over three years.

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Design Sketch

From the Rockies

Jan Culek sketches options for the spruce of Eric Schwartz This medium-sized spruce, with its rugged trunk, is a native of the Rocky Mountains of the United States and was lifted from there. Its normal…...

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Styling

Is this worth spending time ?

Prunus spinosa/blackthorn as bonsai Harry Harrington explores the virtues of the blackthorn with its white flowers contrasting beautifully against its dark black bark Prunus spinosa is a tree species native to the UK and Northern […]

Masterclass

Can Kimura dance with a shari?

Masahiko Kimura rearranges the foliage around a dancing shari Exploring the artistic sensitivity of Mr Kimura, we take a look at the material he will work on. The transformation is not tremendously dramatic, however the…...

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Technique

A wooden base?

A practical case study of trident maple by Andrea Meriggioli Andrea: I want to show you how correct timing and techniques may turn initially poor material into a good tree you can work on over…...

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Styling

How to ‘crack’ a white pine

Masayuki Fujikawa transforms a white pine by changing the angle and compacting an elongated trunk. One of the best characteristics of this tree is the aged appearance of the bark, making it look as though…...

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Case History

Like a virgin…

François Jeker looks back on 19 years' evolution of his mugo pine.

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Technique

Like Frankenstein?

Shigeo Ebihara’s unbelievable method of trunk shortening This operation on an old maple took more than four and a half years to complete. The tree has one major fault that is impossible to solve using…...

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Styling

This one?

Jörg Derlien’s all too familiar struggle to find the right pot fit for his larch The larch depicted here, a Larix decidua, was acquired in 2009 and obtained from the Alpine region of Wallis in…...

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