Masterclass
Simply clever
Kenichi Abe aims for a balance
between pruning and wiring...
8 July 2026
Styling
Just like Lazarus
A miracle comeback from a state of near death!...
27 February 2025
Styling
A Foxy sabina
Dennis Fuchs shows his approach to an 80-year-old Sabina juniper.
12 February 2025
Basic skills
Tools for the job
There are no absolute rules as far as tools are concerned. This is our selection of tools that we consider indispensable to our art, but you can work just as well with others if you prefer so long as they adapt well to working with bonsai.
28 July 2024
Shohin
Is this all?
Hiroki Miura works on a Chinese juniper
At first glance, the featured juniper has great looks; however, Hiroki Miura shows us that when we take a closer look, the tree is really a bit dull . . .
17 March 2023
Masterclass
THE GIANT LOOP
Mauro Stemberger styles a massive Scots pine with a loop shaped trunk
14 October 2022
Step by Step
Less can be more
A lesson in how to cut more branches for better results
17 March 2022
Shohin
Regular fit
Alexsandre Escudero works on a tiny Itoigawa juniper An average juniper can be changed into something interesting, you just need…...
1 October 2021
Technique
The branch doctor
Master Oota is the expert on grafting new branches on junipers From grafting branches to finishing a tree and his…...
30 July 2021
Technique
Between life and death
Carving juniper deadwood with Master Kunihiko Kanemitsu Kunihiko Kanemitsu, of the Okayama City Kanemitsu Bonsai Studio, presents a dramatic contrast…...
24 June 2021
Styling
Get rid of undesirable features
Masayuki Fujikawa transforms boring material into a semi cascade Masayuki Fujikawa: ‘The tree shown here is too big to be…...
13 May 2021
Technique
Don’t carve, but sculpt
Learn how to create natural deadwood with the methods of Andrés Bicocca The difficulty that a defect poses for some…...
11 October 2020
Masterclass
Can it be opened ?
Untangling the dense foliage canopy of a sabina juniper Valentin Brose, former apprentice of Kunio Kobayashi, is a refined artist…....
10 June 2020
Workshop
Wild from the garden
Garden material can be an interesting source for bonsai. It can also be very challenging because it was not really…...
4 April 2020
Technique
Let’s wire!
We all know that wiring is essential, so you had better learn to love it if you want great results…....
20 March 2020
Case History
Prisoner of time
The development of a Buxus sempervirens According to Marco Giannini trees develop into bonsai via a careful balance of technique…...
23 February 2020
Styling
Just cut all the branches?
How to deal with upward-growing branches on a pine Impossible material with all its branches growing upwards becomes a fine…...
13 November 2019
Masterclass
Puzzling it out
Manuel Germade shows us how he solves the puzzle of this juniper. You can read and watch him working on…...
19 October 2019
Masterclass
Hungry to learn
Salvatore Liporace reworks one of his finest bonsai. The first styling of this Juniperus chinensis ‘Sargenti’ has a long history…...
11 October 2019
Step by Step
Yew can do it
A simple yew can be made into a stunning small bonsai in just a few steps. Michael Tran of Minoru…...
7 June 2019
Shohin
The little gem
Reworking a small juniper Alexandre Escudero is crazy about shohin bonsai. At the nursery of his teacher Hiroyuki Tanibata, he…...
10 May 2019
Masterclass
The knot of El Tim
Like smooth machinery, El Tim (The Team, consisting of Leo, Alberto and Luis) work on amazing material and produce stunning…...
19 April 2019
Styling
Another vision
Chiharu Imai looks back on some of his remarkable works Chiharu Imai is a well-known bonsai Master in the west,…...
8 March 2019
Styling
Just one option
Ken Fujiwara dares to take the risk Here’s a very strange, fantastic-looking white pine, where the lower branches have died…...
27 January 2019
Masterclass
Boring bonsai
BECAUSE BONSAI ARE RELATIVELY SMALL THEY GET VISUALLY BORING VERY QUICKLY Bjorn: ‘This means that you have to have an eye for…...
18 August 2018
Step by Step
Instant reward with Blaauw juniper
It’s almost needless to say that junipers are the most popular material for bonsai. They can withstand lots of work done in a short period of time…
13 November 2017
