Bonsai Focus - 03/04 2019

We really love bonsai and think it’s a real living art form. Bonsai has a very long history and originates from China. The Japanese learned about bonsai through monks travelling to China about 800 years ago. Today bonsai is practised all over the world and is still growing in popularity. In the West bonsai has experienced a very fast growth and development. Bonsai Focus covers the amazing world of bonsai from various perspectives, Japanese or Western.

***6 News Various news items, agenda, events 8 Shohin Morten Albek on shohin juniper 11 Gafu-ten, Kyoto The best shohin from the Gafu-ten, Kyoto, Japan
14 Design sketch Jan Culek examines the juniper of Drew Warner 16 Keep ideas flowing The pots of Walter Venne 20 Another vision Chiharu Imai looks back on some of his remarkable works 24 Native bonsai Angkor Wat inspired Jerome Kellerhals to create a 'root over statue' 27 Gallery A selection of amazing bonsai
35 Raw and too many branches Osamu Fukudate solves the problems of a satsuki azalea 43 Tony's column Tony dives into what is going on in the bonsai scene
44 The show stopper The bonsai passion of Nik Rozman 47 Fabulous feet Thread and approach grafting with Harry Harrington 51 The knot of El Tim Team work on a Pinus sylvestris 59 Gallery A selection of amazing bonsai 65 Grown from scratch A growing guide for Malus sieboldii 70 Suiseki Alan Harriman, the stone hunter 73 Part-time 'deshi' Paolo Nastasi travelled to the land of the rising sun 75 The bonsai friend As bonsai, the Ficus is just great***