 British Shohin Association
First Annual Show and Launch Party
Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th January 2006
The British Shohin Association held a successful First Annual Show and Launch Party at Willowbog Bonsai.
The show was a great success with many visitors over the weekend from all over the UK, and a high quality display of shohin compositions, individual shohin, mame and chuhin displays.
 Marco Invernizzi gave an excellent talk and demonstration, joined by Morten Albek from Denmark, (creator of the Shohin Europe website) to a packed room. Later, Marco gave a slide presentation of personal photographs taken at a recent Gafu-Ten exhibition in Kyoto, the largest shohin-bonsai exhibition in Japan. Marco, who is an enthusiastic speaker and lover of shohin-bonsai also did a workshop with a group of very interested participants, and an attentive audience.
The president of BSA, 2005 Gingko award winning Caroline Scott, displayed a beautiful collection of shohin and gave a fascinating talk on displaying shohin, which was very well received and gave plenty to think about when putting together a shohin composition.
The Saturday night evening meal and party was enjoyed by everyone - giving a chance for Bonsai enthusiasts to catch up and enjoy the exhibition late into the night.
Images from the BSA 2006 Exhibition
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| Views from around the show... |
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| Display by Simon Jones. Pinus thunbergii (top), Juniperus rigida, Alnus glutinosa |
Display by Caroline Scott. Juniperus rigida (top), Larix kampferii, Acer buergerianum, Juniperus Chinensis, Azalea and Pinus thunbergii |
Display by Caroline Scott. Larix kampferii (top) and Pinus thunbergii |
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| Caroline Scott's Shohin talk |
Marco Invernizzi shohin workshop |
Terry Foster, Tony Franklin & Mike Sullivan in discussion |
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Juniperus Chinensis
Caroline Scott |
Pinus thunbergii
Caroline Scott |
Cotoneaster microphylla
Mike Andrews |
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Larix kampferii
Caroline Scott |
Juniperus Chinensis
Trevor Lawson |
Chuhin-bonsai - Crataegus monogyna. Terry Foster |
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Computer-aided design with Tony Tickle
and Tony Franklin |
John Pitt Shohin-bonsai pots |
| Images above published with the kind permission of Morten Albek - Shohin Bonsai Europe |
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| Images above published with the kind permission of Len Gilbert |
 Check out February's Bonsai Chat Newsletter - British Shohin Association 1st Annual Show Special, featuring:
- British Shohin Association 1st Annual Show Special
- The Show Build Up
- The very first Annual Shohin Show
- Show Photographs
- Marco Invernizzi's Shohin Workshop
Bonsai Chat Newsletter : FEBRUARY 2006 >> 
 The idea behind the BSA is an appreciation society, with the aim to increase the awareness of Shohin in the world of Bonsai and make more people know just how wonderful and enjoyable this side of Bonsai actually is - click here for more information about the BSA.
If Shohin are your thing, come and join with us and get involved in the new BIG thing - be part of the BSA! |
