I haven't seen any posts about this on BNut yet, so I figured I'd spread the word:
World Bonsai Convention 2022 (virtual)
World Bonsai Convention 2022 (virtual)
9th World Bonsai Convention, October 8-16, 2022
- Thread starter Lorax7
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The convention has begun. The first demo was Shinji Suzuki and his team of apprentices styling a ~1000 year old Shimpaku juniper named Garyu, which is the name of a dragon. Spectacular tree! I would’ve liked a bit longer presentation, but I understand why it was condensed for time because the actual work took them a whole day. There was a live Q & A via Zoom after.
The second demo was Hugo Zamora and his apprentices doing trunk splitting on a blue point juniper to do a big bend on it to create a nice literati.
The second demo was Hugo Zamora and his apprentices doing trunk splitting on a blue point juniper to do a big bend on it to create a nice literati.
ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
Can we expect any of the convention to show up publicly, on YouTube or Vimeo or the like?
I don’t know. I’m just an attendee, not involved in organizing it in any way. I wouldn’t expect so, though. It’s a virtual convention and folks paid to attend it, so it wouldn’t make much sense to give the content away for free afterwards. Normally, it’s put on as an in-person convention, but they went virtual this time because of Covid-19. They’ve never done it as a virtual convention before and this is my first time attending this convention, so I don’t know much about how they do things. Realistically, if it wasn’t virtual, I wouldn’t be able to attend unless it was being held in the U.S. I definitely could not afford to fly to Australia to attend a bonsai event. Since it’s virtual, I decided to avail myself of the opportunity to learn from some bonsai superstars.
ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
I understand. I would love to have the chance to, but I just have some many other priorities right now.
Shibui
Imperial Masterpiece
One Shibui Bonsai tree I submitted made it through to the virtual bonsai display so I'm feeling good.
ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
Awesome! Congratulations!
For me, one of the things that has been really cool about the virtual exhibition displays, with the convention being hosted in Australia, is that I’ve been introduced to several tree species that I had never seen or even heard of before.
Ply
Mame
Which one?
Shibui
Imperial Masterpiece
Good for you!
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