Roy Nagatoshi's first demonstration
A huge black pine
A great crowd of over 200 attended
the brilliantly organised weekend.
Soon reduced to one branch, here being
wired by assistant Trevor Wicks
The finished tree.
Wiring detail
Exhibition crabapple.
Exhibition trees
Exhibition trees
Exhibition trees
Exhibition trees
Exhibition trees
Exhibition trees
Exhibition trees
Exhibition trees
Exhibition trees
Exhibition trees
Exhibition trees
Exhibition trees
Exhibition trees
Exhibition trees
The sales area during a rare quiet
time. Usually it was buzzing! Great things to buy.
The sales room again
Exhibition trees
Bonsai Northwest Secretary Glenys,
admiring the huge exhibition trees.
Paul Sweeney launched a new medium
for bonsai - Cork.
Lightweight, yet full of strength
and texture.
Two Trident groups on a slab of cork
Juergen Zaar's demonstration tree.
Detail of deadwood
Juergen did his complete demonstration
in English.A well known German Bonsai artist, Juergen would normally have
a translator. But hey, he didn't need one! He was fantastic!
Raffia and wire detail
The finished tree.
Shari detail
Juergen's second demonstration tree.
A mugho pine that got a huge haircut
The finished tree
Spectacular carving
Janet's second demo usingMalleet roots
to form a faux trunk and a juniper to create the branches
A Pine from the Bendigo Bonsai club
with plenty of work
Lots of trimming and
wiring and this will be a very spectacular bonsai!
All in all, a wonderful weekend by the Waverley bonsai group. Beautifully organised with excellent demonstrators and great value for money, this was a seminar that was not to be missed.
Congratulations to all the hard workers of Melbourne's Waverley Garden Club Bonsai Group and the AABC.
A traditional group of Trident Maples
created at the workshop.
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