Louis Vallejo Workshop with collected Winged Elm (Ulmus alata) – MABA 2006
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July 3, 2006 by paul stokes in
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- A collected Winged Elms (Ulmus alata) before the workshop.
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- Louis Vallejo looking over the stock trees
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- Louis Vallejo looking over the stock trees
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- Another view
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- The workshop area
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- Louis explaining that these are collected trees, so when they are styled they should still look like the are growing in the wild.
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- Louis inspecting a piece of stock
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- Louis asks each participant what they see for a design and listens carefully
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- Louis explains what he sees in the stock
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- Louis drawing what he sees for this tree
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- Louis must explore every option available for each tree
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- With the help of Louis a participant begins
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- Louis arranging the branches just so
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- A collected winged elm (Ulmus alata) after the workshop
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- A collected winged elm (Ulmus alata) after the workshop
About the Author
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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