February 2016 – IBA Newsletter
We feel the same experience can be attained regardless of tree size, so keep the above in mind as you spend time with your short friends. We think benefits apply whether in the woods, visiting a Japanese Garden, working with bonsai, observing artwork with a nature theme. February – 16 DOWNLOAD NEWSLETTER
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January 2016 – IBA Newsletter
Moses went to the mountain. Many of us do for a myriad of reasons: perspective, wind in the hair while on a high place where one knows quite well that death awaits the foolish, a good place to remember that there is more here than oneself, maybe even to feel closer to what is there, […]
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November 2015 – IBA Newsletter
In the context of Japan’s rich history of art, the Yoshida family is notable for having created a sustained and diverse range of fine art that combines the best Japanese aesthetic instincts with a clear modern international appeal. Two in particular, Toshi and Tsukasa, father and son woodblock artists, produced prints with bonsai as the […]
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October 2015 – IBA Newsletter
The final IBA meeting of the year is a banquet event, November 17. Following the meal various activities are scheduled, including this year an auction of bonsai materials donated to the Iowa Bonsai Association. Fred Truck has thinned his collection of pots and given the culls to us for sale. Monty Redinius has decided to […]
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IBA Fall Bonsai Show in Reiman Gardens, Ames Featuring “The Grandeur of Literati and Penjing” October 10-11, Saturday-Sunday 9am – 4:30pm
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September 2015 – IBA Newsletter
Lilian May Miller was born in 1895 in Seoul, Korea, where her father, Ransford Stevens Miller, was the American Consul General. She spent much of her life in Korea and Japan. She was trained in classical Japanese woodblock printing technique by Shimada Bokusen. September -15 DOWNLOAD NEWSLETTER
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