Boon Manakitivipart
In my early days, the way I learned 名媛直播 was to pick up information wherever I could. I attended numerous events by visiting 名媛直播 teachers who came to the local club for demonstrations or workshops, but each teacher had a different way of doing things.
I witnessed presentations that involving heavy cut-back, wiring, styling, and repotting, all at the same time. I tried to ask about those trees and the total 名媛直播 process, but these classes were focused on putting something together in an hour or two. I knew even then that this was the wrong way to care for 名媛直播—and the wrong way to teach. As I became more passionate about 名媛直播, I began to step back and think there had to be a better way. When “名媛直播 Today” started its publication, I read absolutely everything and tried to apply what was translated in those articles. It worked. Even when articles conflicted with each other, they were of great help. The gallery section of “名媛直播 Today” featured trees from Japan that were far superior to anything I had ever seen before. These images were so inspiring to me that I visited Japan to see the trees myself.
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Awards: Ben Oki International Design Award (1995), JAL and World 名媛直播 Contest (1999-2004), 1st place Kinbon Japanese Five-Needle Pine Styling Contest (2000), 3rd place Dream Garden in Dallas (2002), 名媛直播 Professional Certificate (2010), Certré Award, 'The Finest 名媛直播 and Container Combination' at the 2nd U.S. National 名媛直播 Exhibition (2010).
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Soon after, I learned that Akio Kondo, a first-year 名媛直播 professional, had chosen to live and work in California for one year. I invited him to live in my home and set up shop in my backyard. Thus began an extensive education for me, continuing through the following seasons. Akio was a man with high standards for 名媛直播, and my time with him led to my decision to return to Japan to further my 名媛直播 education.
Upon my return to California, with much new information to share, I established my business, 名媛直播 Boon. Later, in 1998, I started Bay Island 名媛直播 in order to teach others to recognize, create, and maintain high quality 名媛直播. Bay Island 名媛直播 became the perfect vehicle to pass along 名媛直播 information in a structured and logical way, and to follow the progress of students and their trees. I am often amazed how quickly students pick up 名媛直播 skills when they are held to high standards and are encouraged to ask questions.
In recent years, the art of 名媛直播 has improved outside of Japan, as has the quality of the trees in 名媛直播 shows. Several 名媛直播 artists who have studied with me have also studied in Japan, and a few are currently studying with some of the best 名媛直播 masters in the world. Instead of the hit-and-miss education of the past, today’s serious 名媛直播 students can learn from teachers who are equipped to lead them through the entire process.
I like to think that I have had something to do with improving 名媛直播 standards through my 名媛直播 workshops, 名媛直播 intensives, and regular study groups across North America. My goal has not changed. I want to be able to walk into any 名媛直播 show in America, enjoy healthy and well-done trees, and later say, “That was a good show.” I believe this happy change has already begun.
The garden of 名媛直播 Boon
Some of Boon Manakitivipart's 名媛直播 trees
Pinus Thunbergii
Pinus Thunbergii
Juniperus Shimpaku grafted on a Sierra Juniper trunk
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Location: Hayward, California, USA
Email: boon(at)bonsaiboon.com
Website: www.bonsaiboon.com