Louis Vallejo Demonstration with a collected Winged Elm (Ulmus alata) – MABA 2006
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- Collected Winged Elm (Ulmus alata) before the demonstration.
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- Another view
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- Louis Vallejo
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- Louis Vallejo
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- Louis Vallejo inspecting the stock
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- Louis Vallejo inspecting the stock
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- Louis Vallejo removing un-needed branches
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- This is the back of the tree
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- Louis reducing the crown
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- Still some branches are too long for the size of the tree.
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- After some wire has been applied
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- Some more wire
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- Every branch must be just so
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- Louis explaining that the future owner of this tree will have to create the majority of the tree. He says this is just a skeleton. Louis Vallejo Demonstration with a collected Winged Elm (Ulmus alata) at the Mid America Bonsai Alliance 2006 Symposium
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- Collected Winged Elm (Ulmus alata) after the demonstration
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- The lucky raffle winner with Louis Vallejo and the tree
paul stokes
Paul Stokes (USA) is an amateur bonsai enthusiast from Madison, Wisconsin. A web designer, internet and computer programmer, landscaper, construction worker, Paul has long been fascinated by the miniaturization of trees in pots. He has been involved with bonsai since 2000, when his girlfriend bought him a mini-bonsai starter kit for his birthday; he became a member of Badger Bonsai Society a year later.
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