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Workshop details:

“The Bunjin style of bonsai is so free that it seems to violate all the principles of bonsai form. The indefinite style has no specific form and is difficult to describe, however, its confirmation is simple, yet very expressive. No doubt its most obvious characteristics are those shapes formed by old age and extreme weather conditions”. (Quoted from Bonsai Techniques 1 by John Yoshio Naka).

Participants in this workshop will work with the shimpaku junipers in the bunjin style.The bunjin style rarely exists in nature and is created totally in the mind.  Normally taboo features such as crossing branches, bar branches, and severe bends are acceptable in the bunjin style.

This workshop will run from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Sunday, June 15, 2008.

Workshop is limited to 10 participants.

Cost for this workshop is $130.00.

Workshop #19 - Dana Quattlebaum:  Bunjin Shimpaku Juniper

Examples of Trees for Workshop