Bonsaikc.com
Title
Sashi-eda Bonsai
Description
Excerpted from the website:
- Chris Johnston
- My name is Chris Johnston. After studying bonsai for about eight years on my own and with the local club, I founded Sashi-eda Bonsai in 2000. I offered what I now know were the most basic of classes, and sold trees and tools. I met Boon Manakitivipart in 2001, as my frustration with the dearth of solid teaching in the Midwest was beginning to take its toll. Boon came to Kansas City for what I thought was going to be just another "Master Weekend," where he would quickly style a couple of raffle trees, critique member trees, give a Master Class, and go away. What really happened is that I learned more from his workshop than I had ever thought possible. He spent the time teaching, not showing his technique with shears. The next year, he came back. Here I am decandling an exposed root (neagari) Japanese black pine to increase its density. I wanted to work on this tree the first year he was there, but it was too weak. He told me how to make it strong again, and the next year I had the pleasure of having accomplished that goal. It was a first small victory. When Boon told me about his Intensive classes, I knew I had to be a part of them.
Languages
English
Address
- 5307 Ash
- Roeland Park KS 66205 US
Contact
- Sashi-eda Bonsai
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