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EDITORIAL Bonsai Focus 5 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, Mat- thieu Mavridis German edition: Jörg Derlien Dutch edition: Hein-Dik Barentsen Italian edition: Erika Lakin Spanish edition: Ana Ricart Advertising & Marketing: René Rooswinkel [email protected] Subscriptions & Administration: Marja Heijmink [email protected] Issn UK: 1874 - 6853 Issn US: 1876 - 6137 Price: € 12.95 © Copyright 2018 Bonsai Europe, world rights reserved. No part of this publication may be repro- duced in any form without the written permission of the publisher. Thinking out of the box I was invited to go to the big event in Arco, where the EBA, UBI and ESA glued together into one big bonsai event; held in a relaxed atmosphere in the Casino of that charming northern Italian mountain village. I had to photograph all the bonsai before they were displayed in the show. The Masters with their bonsai stood in a long row waiting outside for their turn. Everything was ready set go, only a small little detail, the electricity plug did not fit. This very old building, had ancient sockets, perhaps; or I was just in Italy where there’s always a surprise. Anyway, I hadn't thought of that, even though I will take a collection of adapters with me when going to the US, Japan — even the UK. All ended well. With some searching we managed to find a plug which fitted in the socket and then with another plug, with another socket, it fitted finally into my plug and I was connected to electricity and could start the shooting. Which went very smoothly, surprisingly, because wasn’t I in Italy? Another thing which went smoothly was the demo with Mauro, in autumn last year. It had seemed an impossible tree: big, chunky with a crooked trunk, but it came out fine with the artistry of Mauro, who can think out of the box and just turns things round to create something thrilling. Another example of out of box thinking came from Harry Harrington, who added a shari where you would not think of adding one, at least not on an elm. The result is absolutely stunning as you can see for yourself further in this issue. Thor Holvila continues his adventure in the ancient pottery town of Tokoname. Here he encounters a new spirit, a new fresh movement among some new generation potters. They want to break free and, yes, they are thinking out of the box. Enjoy the summer edition. Bonsai Focus has a co-operation with Kinbon magazine, Kyoto, Japan Translations: Peter Warren Farrand Bloch Chief editor