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The end result, a stunning Araki pine (Pinus sylvestris) styled by Mauro Stemberger.

The Beautiful Face of Ugly, styling a Pinus sylvestris

amusing how sometimes what in nature would be considered bizarre and grotesque, to us in bonsai, is something beautiful that gives our plants a special charm. In 2006 I had the opportunity to purchase this very interesting arak...



Bonsai Styling - Juniperus Chinensis - Falko Hamann feat. Viet Luan Tran

Bonsai Styling – Juniperus Chinensis – Falko Hamann feat. Viet Luan Tran

Styling a Juniperus Chinensis. Falko Hamann feat. Viet Luan Tran @ Bonsai School Düsseldorf 12 hours nonstop bonsai. Show how the sun goes down.



An updated picture after a month. It's filling in. 8" concave for scale.

A Starter Azalea Bonsai…..Ten Years In The Making

This tale starts 10 years ago. I was doing a bonsai demo at a local county park office and when I was all done one viewer stayed to talk a while. It was his first viewing of anything bonsai related other than “Karate Kid&...



San Jose Naka drawing

Working on a San Jose Juniper that was Originally Styled by John Naka

This is a long story with quite a few pictures so please bear with me… Cheryl Manning was a headliner speaker during the 2002 ABS seminar in Milwaukee . During the convention she restyled a San Jose Juniper that she had s...


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Jose Acuña Bonsai Pine Thumbergii Work Part 2 Tenerife-Canary Islands-Spain

After removing the old needle, is to place the branches and put some wires where necessary.



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Jose Acuña Bonsai Pine Thumbergii Work Part 1 Tenerife-Canary Islands-Spain

After removing the old needle, is to place the branches and put some wires where necessary.



Nature is the best teacher in shaping and growing bonsai. Observing the shape of the giant trees in nature will give inspirations to the bonsai man to design their bonsai. The intention is shaping a bonsai inline with the way of the tree grow in nature.

Bonsai and Nature

I remember when I first learned bonsai, quite often I imagined of having giant trees I saw in nature but in a small scale, so that I could carry each of them with my hands. I was so much amazed by that idea, so that I used to t...



One day passed.  The Soul of Taiwan high mountain was released.

Juniper Chinese –Intensive Procedure

Chinese Junipers are one of my favorite species for bonsai. I always remember when I was young my father told me, “the character of juniper,”  He say: ” Juniper is survive in the highest mountain in Taiwan—...