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Morten Albek – Denmark

whois — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:31:25 +0000

Name: Morten Albek

Location: Odense, Denmark

Availability: Book early – limited avaliability on short time notice

Willingness to Travel: Worldwide

Programs Offered: Demonstrations, workshops and lectures

Teaching Level: Expert

Specialty: Shohin-bonsai

Languages Spoken: English

Best way to Contact: albek [at] shohin-europe [dot] com

Bio:
Since 2009 Chairman at the Danish Bonsai Society
2008, author of the book “Majesty in miniature, Shohin Bonsai, – unlocking the secrets of small trees”

Articles published in Bonsai Focus, the all Japan Mame-Bonsai Association website, Bonsai & Tea Magazine, the Danish Bonsai Association magazine and website and many other resources.

Since 2006 member of the jury, Competition of Shohin Bonsai in Brazil.

Since 2007, judge at Knowledge of Bonsai / Bonsai Focus styling contest

2007 Consultant on the book `Gold Award Penjing of the World` 1-2, and presented in the book with two Shohin-bonsai works.

2007 – 2009 Secretary at the board of the Danish Bonsai Society.

Since 2007 Knowledge of Bonsai Forums moderator at the Shohin and Mame Bonsai with Morten Albek section.

Since 2003 Webmaster at the Danish Bonsai Society www.bonsai-danmark.dk

Exhbitor at the 2006 European Bonsai Association convention in Ksiaz, Poland, and judge at the New Talent Competition.

2005 Member of the All Japanese Shohin-Bonsai Association.

2005 Japan bonsai tour. Interview and talks with Saburo Kato, Masahiko Kimura, Hiroshi Takeyama, and meetings with Higuchi Takeshi and Tomohiro Masumi.

2003 Shohin-bonsai Europe, www.shohin-europe.com was established by Morten Albek, and it went on air on the Internet, October the 15´th .

2003 Winner of “Keyaki Master 2003″

Winner of the special competition between the first 10 winners of the New talent Contest in Denmark. The event took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in September.

2002 – 2005 Judge at the 2003 Exhibition at the Dansih Bonsai Society annual meeting and exhibition.

2002 Judge at the New Talent Contest, held by the Danish Bonsai Society in Denmark 2002.

2000 Millennium Workshop, with Tony Tickle i.e. at Bonsaigalleriet in Aarhus, Denmark.

1999 Photoshooting and visit in Seikou-en, Omiya and Kyoto, in Japan.

1998 Established website: Albek Bonsai www.albek-bonsai.dk and this site is now one of the most used websites in Denmark when people seeks information about bonsai growing.

1999-2001 Vice chairman in the Danish Bonsai Society.

1998-1999 Chairman for the Activity Group of Fyn, Danish Bonsai Society.

1993 Member of the Danish Bonsai Society

1982 Gardener (speciality, orchids).

Photographer since 1989

More about this Artist:
Awards

2009 Art of Bonsai Awards. Winner of the AoB Shohin-bonsai category .

2009 Mame-bonsai. European Bonsai Association Certificate of Merit at the Danish Bonsai Association annual exhibition.

Danish Bonsai Society 28th exhibition.
2009 Shohin runners up prize.

Danish Bonsai Society 28th exhibition.
2008 Mame-bonsai European Bonsai Association Certificate of Merit.

Danish Bonsai Society 27th exhibition. 2008 Shohin first prize.

Danish Bonsai Society 27th exhibition .
2007 Runners up Shohin prize.
Danish Bonsai Society 26th exhibition.
Japanese maple.

2006 Winner of the Bonsai Today / Art of Bonsai contest.
Companion Plantings Category.
Asplenium tricomanes – Maidenhair.

2006 Second best bonsai.
Danish Bonsai Society 25th jubillee exhibition.
Cotoneaster microphylla.

2004 Special award for Shohin-Bonsai Display
Danish Bonsai Association Exhibition 2004. Display set up in companionship with Johnny Eslykke and Torben Pedersen.

“Keyaki Master 2003″
Winner of the special competition between the first 10 winners of the New talent Contest in Denmark. The event took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in September.

2002 “EBA New Talent Contest”
Representing Denmark, in the European Bonsai Association final NTC in Trevarez, France.

2001 Winner of the Danish New Talent Contest.
Danish Bonsai Society.

Sean Smith – USA

whois — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:25:08 +0000

Name: Sean Smith

Location: USA – Marysville, PA near Harrisburg and New York

Availability: upon request

Willingness to Travel: domestic and international

Programs Offered: workshops, lectures, demos, private collection care

Teaching Level: Advanced

Specialty: suiseki; custom daiza carving; bonsai styling; display stands; tokonoma; fine pottery

Languages Spoken: English

Best way to Contact: bonsaisean [at] gmail [dot] com

Bio: Sean Smith lives in the United States in Marysville Pennsylvania, where he owns and operates Custom Oriental Wood-craft.
The art of bonsai it’s a love that dates back over 20 years. Smith served in the Air Force and was stationed in Berlin in 1986 when he came across a bonsai exhibition and he said: ‘It’s unbelievable. This is so cool.’
After leaving the Air Force in 1988, Smith ventured into bonsai. He taught himself, reading up on the art in magazine articles.
With an increasing passion for bonsai and suiseki , and an extensive background in carpentry, Sean took the two, put them together and started his own business in 1994: Custom Oriental Wood-Craft.
In 1996, Smith decided to make bonsai and suiseki a full-time profession, and it just “snowballed from there.”
By 2000, the Marysville resident had learned all he could in the United States, and decided to travel to Japan.
In 2001, Mr. Arishige Matsuura, President of the Japanese Suiseki Association, proclaimed Sean the number one daiza carver outside of the Japan.
In 2003, Sean was the first American to exhibit an American suiseki in the Japanese National Suiseki show at the Meji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan.
In 2004, Sean was asked by Senji Morimae to come to Japan to study Bonsai and suiseki at his nursery outside of Tokyo a few weeks a year, and continues to do so every year.
In 2005, he was invited to study Zen in Daitokuji-in, at the sub temple of Hoshyu-in in Kyoto, Japan, Sean also studied daiza carving in Hamamatsu Japan, with Japan’s leading daiza carver, Mr. Koji Suzuki. Sean was his first and only student.
He has lectured on suiseki as well as bonsai in the United States and Europe, and is internationally known for his skills in bonsai and suiseki. He’s won various awards, studied with masters in Japan, and made display tables for renowned bonsai and suiseki enthusiasts all over the world.

More about this Artist:
Sean’s website Custom Oriental Wood-Craft:
Link: www.bonsai-suiseki.com
2010 International Stone Appreciation Symposium
Link: http://www.stoneshow2010.com/
The reportage of the II Contest of the Asociacion Espanola de Suiseki of Alcobendas
Links: http://www.aias-suiseki.it/en/Alcobendas2009
http://bonsaimania.com/exposicion_suiseki/suiseki-exposicion-exhibition-alcobendas-spain-2009-2.htm
Suiseki Collectiong Trip ar World Bonsai Convention 2009
Link: http://ibonsaiclub.forumotion.com/suiseki-viewing-stones-and-scholars-rocks-f2/suiseki-collecting-trip-at-world-bonsai-convention-t984.htm
Daitoku-ji Temple A Search for Understanding
Link: www.bonsai-bsf.com/magazine/pdf/BSF_Magazine_09_Issue3.pdf

Bjorn Bjorholm – USA

whois — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:37:15 +0000

Name: Bjorn Bjorholm

Location: USA, Knoxville, TN

Availability: Any time – please contact

Willingness to Travel: Worldwide on short notice

Programs Offered: Demonstrations, Lectures, Workshops, Consultation, Critiques & Judging, Exhibition Preparation

Teaching Level: Expert

Specialty: Deciduous, Evergreen, Detail Wiring, Exhibition Prep

Languages Spoken: English, Japanese

Best way to Contact: bbjorhol [at] gmail [dot] com

Bio: Bjorn Bjorholm was first introduced to bonsai at the age of 13 and has since founded the Knoxville Bonsai Society and developed the annual Tennessee Bonsai Show. In 2001, Bjorvala Bonsai Studio was created in order to provide pre-bonsai material and beginner level classes to individuals wanting to get started in the art. Today, however, Bjorvala Bonsai Studio functions as a promoter of classical Japanese
bonsai design through a wide array of classes and offered plant material.

In order to further develop his skills and understanding of the art, Bjorn left for Japan to become a full-time bonsai apprentice at Fujikawa Kouka-en in Osaka. Under the guidance of Master Keiichi Fujikawa, Bjorn strived to broaden his knowledge and understanding of bonsai. During his apprenticeship, Bjorn’s work was accepted into the Kokufu-ten, Taikan-ten, and Sakufu-ten exhibitions. Having completed his training in June 2009, Bjorn returned to the US and is currently teaching and sharing his experiences with others around the world.

More about this Artist:

Bjorvalabonsai.com
http://blogs.knowledgeofbonsai.org/bjorn_bjorholm/

Pedro J. Morales – USA

whois — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:07:50 +0000

Name: Pedro J. Morales

Location: Puerto Rico (USA)

Availability: Anytime

Willingness to Travel: Around the world

Programs Offered: Lectures, Workshops, Seminars, Computer programs & more.

Teaching Level: Expert

Specialty: Tropiclas

Languages Spoken: English and Spanish

Best way to Contact: peybonsai [at] aol [dot] com

Bio: Please look at web: pedrojmorales.com

More about this Artist: Please visit my Web: pedrojmorales.com or you could also contact me by phone 1-787-413-3840 cell or 1-787-993-2180

Graham Potter – United Kingdom

whois — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:52:16 +0000

Name: Graham Potter

Location: Norwich. U.K

Availability: 24-7 – 365 but a little notice would be appreciated.

Willingness to Travel: Anywhere

Programs Offered: Workshops/Demos/Lectures ect.) Lectures, demo or workshops including formal teaching or practical work. Most subjects can be covered in detail to suit your needs. Weekend teaching/workshops on most subjects including carving with power tools and handwork techniques.

I am happy to tackle most subjects as you require. Previous demonstrations have included the following. Again please feel free to contact me to discuss your ideas.

Carving techniques for Bonsai using power tools.
The creation of deadwood using hand tools.
The cultivation/styling and refinement of junipers.
The cultivation/styling and refinement of pines.
The cultivation/styling and refinement of taxus baccatta – English yew.
The cultivation/styling and refinement of olive trees.
Collecting, preparing and development of raw material.
A critique of members trees.
A profile on native deciduous species.
A profile of Mediterranean trees for Bonsai.

Teaching Level: English Yew (Taxus Baccatta)

Specialty: Expert

Languages Spoken: English

Best way to Contact: Info [at] kaizenbonsai [dot] com (Be persistent, I get a lot of mail!)

Bio: I began taking an interest in bonsai around 1990, slowly at first but as i found other people to work with enthusiasm grew quickly. By 1995 I was spending 6-8 hours a day working on trees 7 days a week. 1999 I met Kevin Willson who inspired me greatly. Exhibited my first tree at the Ginkgo Awards in 2003 – The Plucking Yew a tree I collected myself. Also exhibited in 2005 & 2007. My trees have placed in the top 10 at the Noelanders trophy for the last 6 years including runner up in 2007.

In 2004 I began a part time bonsai business selling dry goods mail order (formerly Bonsai Mart). Much to my surprise this has grown to be a full time business for my family and our web site is one of the largest of it’s kind on the web. Also in 2004/5 i studied horticulture which helped me to understand a lot of the underlying horticultural principles of bonsai. I like to use this grounding to help my students understand WHY we use some of the techniques we do and how to exploit the natural habits and growth rhythms of trees to our advantage. My overwhelming passion is to see trees that are healthy, strong and overflowing with life, these make the best bonsai trees.

I have a reputation for my carving work. This came about because much of my early material was very poor quality and carving helped me to make passable bonsai from them. I still like to do creative carving but feel it is just one small aspect of what we do to create bonsai. My favorite species is English Yew (Taxus Baccatta) closely followed by English Hornbeam and elm. Over the past three years I have begun work with Mediterranean species in the U.K. This has proven extremely rewarding, these species of tree are so tough and fast growing they are a joy to work with.

There is so much yet to learn in bonsai. I do not like to be shackled by convention but am excited by thought of discovering new and interesting ideas and techniques in bonsai. Kaizen – Continual gradual improvement.

More about this Artist:

http://www.kaizenbonsai.com/graham_potter_bonsai_trees.htm
http://www.kaizenbonsai.com/workshop.htm
http://www.kaizenbonsai.com/shop/index.php

Boon Manakitivipart – USA

whois — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:45:45 +0000

Name: Boon Manakitivipart

Location: USA, Alameda, CA. Near Oakland and San Francisco

Availability: upon request

Willingness to Travel: Domestic and international

Programs Offered: workshops, demonstrations, lectures, private collection care

Teaching Level:

Specialty:

Languages Spoken: English and Thai

Best way to Contact: boon [at] bonsaiboon [dot] com

Bio: Boon’s start in bonsai was the result of a birthday gift: a small juniper bonsai. Before long, he joined the Bonsai Society of San Francisco, the club through which he took his first beginner class in the spring of 1989. Anxious to learn as much as possible about bonsai, Boon studied with as many teachers as he could find in California.

Client work:

. Styling

. Seasonal care

. One-on-one workshops

. Tree searches

Serious study began when he hosted Akio Kondo, Kihachiro Kamiya’s first apprentice. Mr. Kondo arrived as what the Japanese call a first-year professional, and stayed at Boon’s home for one year.

In 1993, the Golden State Bonsai Federation awarded Boon a Teacher Development Scholarship; two years later, he received the Ben Oki International Design Award for styling a Sierra juniper. In 1995, Boon
received several informal offers to study bonsai in Japan. Months later he traveled to Japan where he studied bonsai for his first year as an apprentice with Yasuo Mitsuya. Later, his “bonsai home” became Kihachi-En and his master became Kihachiro Kamiya, a great bonsai master with multiple national awards. Boon said once, “He showed me bonsai standards through his amazing talent and deep personal integrity.” Boon returned repeatedly to Japan for prolonged periods of bonsai study until his master’s passing in January, 2004.

In 1998, Boon founded and became the teacher of Bay Island Bonsai, and started his business, Bonsai Boon.

In April 2000, Boon won the Grand Prize in the Kindai Bonsai Styling Contest in Japan (sponsored by Kindai Bonsai Magazine). Contestants styled large Japanese white pines. Boon was the only non-Japanese in the contest.

The World Bonsai Contest recognized Boon’s trees in 2000, 2001, and 2002 as among the world’s top 100 entries, and his students’ trees have been recognized in every contest to date.

Today Boon makes his living as a full-time bonsai artist in Northern California. He styles client trees, lectures, puts on demonstrations, holds workshops, and finds show-quality bonsai for clients.

More about this Artist:

www.bonsaiboon.com

Budi Sulistyo – Indonesia

whois — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:28:19 +0000

Name: Budi Sulistyo

Location: Indonesia, Jakarta

Availability: By appointment

Willingness to Travel: Anywhere

Programs Offered: Workshops, Demonstrations, Lectures, Critique and Judging

Teaching Level: Expert

Specialty:

Languages Spoken: English

Best way to Contact: budisulistyo [at] yahoo [dot] com

Bio: Budi was born in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia in 1952. He started doing bonsai in 1976. He is considered as one of the bonsai pioneers in his country. He conducted bonsai program in National Television for almost ten years since 1986. His first international debut was as the headliner and workshops coordinator in ASPAC 1 in Bali 1991. Since then as the first person in Indonesia invited abroad to teach bonsai, he travelled to many countries for demonstrations, workshops, Critiques and judging. He wrote three bonsai books in Indonesian language and one, “Tropical Bonsai Gallery”, in English. His works got many awards from international bonsai bodies like Nippon Bonsai Association and WBFF. In 2007 he was the chief of operation in the 9th ASPAC in Bali. Now he is the vice president of the Indonesian Bonsai Society, the secretary general of the Indonesian Suiseki Association and the director of BCI.
Anyhow, his main job is the director of a real estate company developing houses, offices and shopping complex. While bonsai is considered as his second wife.

More about this Artist:

Budi’s Blog
Art of Bonsai Gallery
Art of Bonsai Interview

Jeffery Carr – USA

whois — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:19:16 +0000

Name: Jeffery Carr

Location: Newark, Ohio, USA

Availability: By Appointment

Willingness to Travel: USA and Europe

Programs Offered: Youth, Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. Species specific. The Art of Bonsai through Styling / Wiring. Aspect and Ratio development. General Lectures. Club and Organization Workshops

Teaching Level: Advanced

Specialty: Ohio Natives, Shimpaku

Languages Spoken: English

Best way to Contact: jcarr [at] staselwoodbonsai [dot] com

Bio: Mr. Jeffery Carr has over 12 years experience in the planning, creating, growing, and finishing of bonsai. Starting his career on the South Eastern Georgia Coast, Jeff discovered several natural styles like the windswept, Live Oak, and the flat top. He was guided early on by Savannah artist Luigi Trappini.

After moving back home to the Central Ohio area, a completely new outlook on natural bonsai styles emerged. Using nature as his guide, as well as working with several different masters (Craig Coussins / Marco Invernizzi), he combined these lessons and his appreciation of the world around to make his final perception of Bonsai different from the norm.

Staselwood Bonsai has provided several one on one training sessions, group workshops, and long-term ongoing classes. Jeff has provided demonstrations and lectures for various garden and bonsai clubs in Georgia and Ohio.

Staselwood Bonsai also provides collection management service for busy customers with existing collections.

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Qingquan Zhao – China

whois — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:56:56 +0000

Name: Qingquan Zhao

Location: China (PRC), Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou (near Shanghai and Nanjing)

Availability: Year-Round

Willingness to Travel: Globally

Programs Offered: Demonstrations, lectures, workshops, critiques, judging of exhibits, private sessions

Teaching Level: Master

Specialty: Water and land penjing, Literati style, Forest

Languages Spoken: Need translator for Mandarin Chinese

Best Way to Contact: via Karin Albert, albert [at ] venuscomm [dot] com

Bio: Mr. Zhao (Brook) is an internationally acclaimed penjing/bonsai artist who has conducted lecture/demos, workshops and exhibit critiques for national and international audiences for over 25 years.

Penjing in the Water-and-Land style, a form that has become widely popular, is a form he pioneered in the 1970’s, and this form has since served as his signature style. He is also well-known for creating trees in the literati style. Throughout his long career, he has worked in many styles and with a wide range of tree material, both tropical and temperate.

His unerring eye for aesthetics and the gentle and sensitive approach Mr. Zhao brings to his art have gained him many fans worldwide. His lyrical landscape creations, deeply rooted in China’s literati culture, are reminiscent of classical Chinese gardens.

Mr. Zhao’s book “Penjing: Worlds of Wonderment” (Venus Communications, 1997) has been recognized as the classic on China’s ancient art of penjing.

More about this Artist:

More can be found in my book “Penjing: Worlds of Wonderment”
www.venuscomm.com
Art of Bonsai Gallery
Art of Bonsai Interveiw

Robert Steven – Indonesia

whois — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:50:12 +0000

Name: Robert Steven ( 江职宏 )

Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

Availability: By appointment

Willingness to Travel: Yes.

Programs Offered: Workshops, Demonstrations, Lectures, Judging and Critique

Languages Spoken: English and Chinese

Best way to Contact: By emails : markamtr [at] cbn [dot] net.id or robertbonsai [at] hotmail [dot] com

Bio:

Started doing and collecting Bonsai in 1979. Have permanent exhibit centre with over 500 Bonsai collection in wide variety of species.
Have won more than 200 competition awards nationally as well as international e.g.:
- Entry Award of 2000 JAL World Bonsai Contest
- Entry Award of 2000 Ben Oki International Design Award
- Runner-up winner of 2001 Ben Oki International Design Award
- Grand Winner of 2001 Certre Award International
- Runner-up winner of 2002 Ben Oki International Design Award
- Runner-up winner of 2002 Certre Award Competition
- Entry Award of JAL World Bonsai Contest 2002
- Runner-up of World Bonsai Contest 2003
- Bronze Award of 2006 BCI Convention in China
- Grand Winner of 2007 Certre Award International
- The Most Original Design Award 2007 of KoB
Ex-Secretary General of Asia-Pacific Bonsai Friendship Federation (ABFF).
Education Department Head of ABFF.
Ambassador to Bonsai Clubs International (BCI).
BCI Board of Director’s member (2002-now) & Public Relation Committee Head.
International Bonsai judge doing domestic and international Bonsai judging
Coordinator of “ABFF Award – Ismail Saleh Trophy”, an international Bonsai Photo Contest.
Keen promoter of Chinese Penjing, Expressionistic & Surrealistic Bonsai styles.
One of the initiators and key-speakers of Indonesian Bonsai Art Discussion Forum.
Active in writing Bonsai and Penjing articles for newspapers & magazines and columnist for the Readers Forum in BCI’s Bonsai & Stone Appreciation magazine.
Expert Editor of Green Hobby magazine.
Editor of Knowledge of Bonsai Forums (http://knowledgeofbonsai.org).
Editor of The Art of Bonsai Project (http://artofbonsai.org).
Intensively travelling around the world conducting Bonsai and Penjing teaching, lectures, demos, workshops and judging including on national TV program.
First book “Vision of My Soul” was published in April 2005 in luxury limited edition had been one of the best seller Bonsai books sold out within 6 months. The second edition is just reprinted.
Second book “Mission of Transformation” has published and available at www.stonelantern.com

More about this Artist:

Robert’s Blog
Art of Bonsai Interview
Art of Bonsai Gallery