Peter Warren Workshop
The Iowa Bonsai Association was priviledged to have Peter Warren, the renowned English apprentice of Kunio Kobayashi, present a demonstration and two days of workshops on April 16-17, 2011. Participants came from as far away as Lincoln, Nebraska. He impressed the dickens out of all present. For more about Peter Warren, see his website www.saruyama.co.uk; […]
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Andy Smith Workshop
Yamadori Master Comes to Iowa Andy Smith, the commonly acknowledged “king” of yamadori in this country, came through Iowa following the celebrated St. Louis Shohin Convention, April 24-26, 2009. He held sold-out workshops for both the Eastern Iowa Bonsai Club (April 27-28) and the Iowa Bonsai Association (April 29-30). Andy provided trees special priced and […]
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2008 Sean Smith Program
Sean Smith, the renowned daiza maker and suiseki master, was the visiting artist at a set of IBA programs held the weekend of March 15-16, 2008. On Saturday morning there was a program on exhibit of bonsai and suiseki. Saturday afternoon Sean led a workshop on daiza making for suiseki; everyone left with a stone […]
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Gary Wood Workshop – March 4 2007
On a Sunday afternoon in early March following two of the worst weeks of winter weather in Iowa in years, Gary Wood from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, brought a little sunshine to the members of the Iowa Bonsai Association who attended an afternoon seminar and workshop on azaleas. Gary is an engaging bonsai teacher, making it […]
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Michael Hagedorn Comet Shines in Iowa
By Ivan Hanthorn, a humble student of bonsai The Iowa Bonsai Association was graced with the opportunity to host Michael Hagedorn for a weekend of bonsai workshops at the end of April 2007. [April 28-29, 2007] Hagedorn had recently returned from Japan (where he apprenticed nearly three years in Nagano with bonsai master Shinji Suzuki) […]
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