Tag Archives: World Bonsai Friendship Federation

Weekly Wire: Back On His Feet, Nature’s Deadwood & Keeping Things Up to Date

wayne | 03/25/2012

Remember Isao Omachi? Isao’s house and bonsai nursery were swept away in the tsunami. That’s the tough news. The good news is that hundreds, maybe thousands of people in our international bonsai community donated to help Isao and his family get back on thier feet. As a result of this effort (and Isao’s and his [...]

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Weeky Wire: World Bonsai Day, Free Bonsai Wire, Kokufu, Boon’s Tips & Much More

wayne | 02/25/2012

Who could ask for more? It wasn’t too long ago we led off a Weekly Wire with a Gedemerta Bonsaibali tree. Now, we’ve gone and done it again. I’m guessing you can see why. Aside from the wildly expressive deadwood, the well-aged textured beauty of the bark, the trunk’s powerful base and perfect taper, the [...]

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Masters’ Gallery #3: World Bonsai Contest

wayne | 08/21/2009

As you can see, this tree by Zhuang Weijun is the Grand Winner of the World Bonsai Friendship Federation‘s 2009 Bonsai Photo Contest. I was very taken with this tree as well as the runner ups, and several of these entrants. As far as ascertaining the types of trees and other pertinent information (with the [...]

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Master Potter: Gyozan Nakano

wayne | 07/07/2009

I don’t know who styled this wonderfully crazy azalea (I don’t read Japanese) but I do know that Master Potter Gyozan Nakano made the pot. A remarkable book about a remarkable potter Four years ago I was given a most remarkable book by the World Bonsai Friendship Federation, who received it courtesy of Masahiro Tokuo [...]

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