Collected Winged Elm (Ulmus alata) before the demonstration.
Another view
Louis Vallejo
Louis Vallejo
Louis Vallejo inspecting the stock
Louis Vallejo inspecting the stock
Louis Vallejo removing un-needed branches
This is the back of the tree
Louis reducing the crown
Still some branches are too long for the size of the tree.
After some wire has been applied
Some more wire
Every branch must be just so
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
Collected Winged Elm (Ulmus alata) after the demonstration
The lucky raffle winner with Louis Vallejo and the tree
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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