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At your own risk

Italian, Alessandro Bonardo, now 24, has been an apprentice under Mr Kimura for 6 years and in May 2022, it was formally announced that he had graduated. Within the garden he is affectionately known as Aless. Mr Kimura prepared a tree, an unusually shaped Miyajima white pine for this demo, a transformation to celebrate his graduation

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Taming the wild

It is really easy to create a magnificent bonsai if you start from raw material with great potential. There are those trees that at first glance already have the right look. You only have to use the appropriate techniques to make that tree into a high-level bonsai.

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The crazy rock

Something completely different: Mauro Stemberger creates the rock pine

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Cat and Mouse

Todd Schlafer works on a Ponderosa pine

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Time for change

Restyling a famous tree into something new is difficult work and an artist must stake their reputation on it

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A Pine Puzzle

Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris, is one of the most popular pine varieties and one of the most commonly styled tree.

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Father and Son

The Sanriku junipers: Father and Son Omachi work on yamadori trees

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An offer one can’t refuse

'The tree featured here is an eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis), which is native to Eastern Canada and much of the north-central and north-eastern United States'

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Gardenia

You can propagate and create bonsai from seed, cuttings and by grafting

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THE GIANT LOOP

Mauro Stemberger styles a massive Scots pine with a loop shaped trunk

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The rough diamond

Bjorn Bjorholm works on a juniper with hidden qualities

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Walk the wire

Learn professional techniques: wiring a juniper

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Would you dare?

Chojubai, the dwarf variety of the Japanese quince, is cut in half.

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The spirit of Kato

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

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Is this a bonsai?

Ken Fujiwara works on a massive black pine

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The Rock eater

Maintaining and improving a rock-grown Japanese maple.

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The rough type

The arakawa maple is one of the most popular trees in the bonsai world. Andrea Meriggioli shows why.

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Will that kill it?

The ultimate root correction work of Masahiko Kimura

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Out of the box

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

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Less can be more

A lesson in how to cut more branches for better results

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Wired up?

Improving your wiring skills with Chiharu Imai

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Can it be split?

Creating stunning bonsai from garden material

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Hidden in cones

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

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The ‘Mugo’ team

The mugo pine is an extraordinary example of a yamadori, an impressive trunk with some natural shari and lots of compacted branches on top. A real challenge for Matt and Tyler

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The big picture

Follow Martin Nielsen as he takes a simple tree to a bonsai with character It’s a quite an ordinary tree, a locally collected larch of around 70 cm in height, with a trunk thickness of…...

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Is it just one blob of green?

Manuel Germade re-styles an Itoigawa juniper This very compact juniper, grafted with Itoigawa foliage, has grown out of proportion. The shape of the trunk with its deadwood is very attractive. The main task for Manuel…...

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Why does he want to break free

Massimo Bandera wants to work unhindered by convention For Massimo Bandera bonsai is very much an art form. The bonsai artist should be free from conventions and rules. In the process of creating an extraordinary…...

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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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Intimidated by its age

François Jeker styles a venerable 500-year-old Buxus ‘When about to style an impressive old Buxus like this, you are so intimidated that you approach it with trembling hands . . . Over the years, though,…...

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Regular fit

Alexsandre Escudero works on a tiny Itoigawa juniper An average juniper can be changed into something interesting, you just need to have a vision and opt for doing something different to make it less regular…....

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