In this course, teacher Naoki Maeoka offers us some master classes in which he explains step by step how to make the designs and modeling of the branches in a Japanese white pine. His clean and impeccable style of work are known worldwide. In this course he reveals to us, in great detail, all the …
This is the first Masterclass of a series of them that will introduce us to this wonderful world of shohin. That’s a class of almost 50 minutes that will take us through the concepts that are essential to master shohin. The Aesthetics, cultivation, care, exposure and philosophy that establish a so different category from his …
In this masterclass we will learn from Mauro Stemberger’s hand to make the right decisions when designing a yamadori juniper and forming it in a waterfall style. What should we take into account when selecting the right front? What branches should we remove? What are the best branches and why? How do we model the …
In this Masterclass by master Mauro Stemberger we will see what is the process by which we make a high quality composition, planted in rock. The Masterclass focuses especially on the characteristics that the plants that we place in the composition must have to express character and elegance. Explain step by step what are the …
The great Japanese masters have developed a whole terminology that determines many of the aspects that make up the spirit of a bonsai. Its essence, its naturalness, its expression, its balance, etc … Some of these terms are difficult to understand in the West as they are closely related to its culture. But there are …
The Windswept or Fukinagashi style is one of the most extreme and dramatic styles of bonsai. This makes it extremely attractive, but at the same time it contains great difficulty in designing it in a way that gives it quality and credibility. In the West, work has been done in a “westernized” way, very different …
