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EDITORIAL Bonsai Focus 3 Who we are Publisher Bonsai Europe Publications Houtrustweg 96, 2566 GJ The Hague The Netherlands Europe: Tel.: [phone] Office hours: 9am - 5pm (CET) USA: Tel.:[phone] Office hours: 9am - 5pm (East Coast) E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.bonsaifocus.com Chief Editor: Farrand Bloch [email protected] Editorial staff: English edition: Ann Scutcher French edition: Patrick Bosc, Matthieu Mavridis German edition: Jörg Derlien Dutch edition: Hein-Dik Barentsen Italian edition: Erika Lakin Spanish edition: Ana Ricart Advertising & Marketing: René Rooswinkel [email protected] A long satisfying day This was the second time that I'd driven bit of potential out of the material. to Heidelberg to meet American Bjorn Bjorholm to do a photoshoot at Minoru Another American who also studied in Bonsai. Bjorn was on a European tour Japan, is Peter Tea, whom I met with Boon and we had organized a day for the shoot Manakitivipart in San Francisco a few before he had to go on to the next stop for years ago. He was then assisting Boon workshops or demonstrations. Although (see our issue 5-2009) and had plans to go he'd had a lengthy journey and lost his to Japan. Now he has his own studio and luggage he was full of energy. Bjorn and teaches bonsai all over the US. Our article I had only seen the tree, a bulky yew, in shows his work on a rigida juniper during some photos and so we were both eager his stay in Japan. to see it in real life. The tree was bigger Subscriptions & Administration: Marja Heijmink [email protected] Issn UK: 1874 - 6853 Issn US: 1876 - 6137 Price: € 11.95 | $ 14.95 | £ 9.95 © Copyright 2015 Bonsai Europe, world rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher. and more impressive than I thought. Closer to home is our good friend Walter Bjorn was also happy to see the potential Pall who works mainly on native trees. material. He was really looking forward Here you can see his work on a hornbeam to get to work on the tree and straight that was a 'lucky find'. Walter is a truly away started to examine the options. 'It committed follower of the naturalistic will only take a short day to do this tree,' style and probably the inventor of it, too. he told me. As it happens, it took rather More native stuff is to be seen in the step longer than this 'short' day. He worked by step series with a beech, and the scots the entire day through until late at night, pine from Norway done the 'Italian' way but the time spent was most satisfying Enjoy the because Bjorn really managed to get every read Bonsai Focus has a co-operation with Kinbon magazine, Kyoto, Japan Translations: Peter Warren Farrand Bloch Chief editor