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Parabiago (Milan)
from 14th to 23rd September 2012
Crespi Cup 2012
10th Internazional Meeting of Bonsai and Suiseki
Text and photos by Mrs.Daniela Schifano
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This year, the edition of the Crespi Cup 2012, which takes place every two years in Parabiago organized by family Crespi, has been an event not to miss. Arrived at its 10th edition, never as this time the show has offered in ten days a non-stop full of events, meetings, workshops and lectures on oriental arts, from ikebana to sumo, from cooking to origami, from sumi-e to the paper and tissues working. The fascinating world of Bonsai and Suiseki, which in any case attracts a demanding public, becomes the occasion to know in a deeper way the oriental world.
Many the international guests intervened : from great Chinese masters, Mr. Chuangang Liu e Mr. Jiuwei Huang, who have presented particolar works in windswept and Penjing styles, to Mrs. Gudrun Benz, who has had a lecture on the Japanese esthetic in Bonsai and in Suiseki, in memory of her husband Mr. Willi Benz, to Mrs. Chiara Padrini, who has commented the suiseki in display. |
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| On Saturday afternoon I have succeedeed to assist to the lecture of Mrs. Gudrun Benz, who since 1980, together with her husband Mr. Willi Benz, has devoted herself to bonsai and suiseki, contributing to the drawing up of books and articles. The lecture was based on the Japanese esthetic applicable to bonsai and suiseki and was dedicated to the memory of Willi, unfortunately passed away last year. Mrs. Benz will be honour guest to the next AIAS Congress, where she will be called to the compelling task of judge. |
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Furthermore, for the most exigent passionates, the exhibition of kakejiku cared by Mr. Lorenzo Sonzini, AIAS member, has offered the unloosable occasion to admire about 20 ancient rols of the Edo period , dated so among 1603 and 1868.
Obviously the exhibition of bonsai and suiseki remains the great attraction of the event. This year furthermore the exhibition has been organaized in a new pavillon much elegant and inviting.
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| 37 were the suiseki in exhibition of which many presented by AIAS members intervened. |
Among them, the suiseki of Mr. Angelo Attinà, a human shaped stone already prized at the ESA Congress 2011, has been conferred the prestigious BCI Excellence Award.
On the right, the numerous group of AIAS members attending in the closing day of exhibition: Mr. Ezio Piovanelli, Mr. Cesare Fumagalli, Mr. Alberto Barduzzi, Mr. Amedeo Ducoli, Mr. Felice Colombari, Mrs. Daniela Schifano, Mr. Lorenzo Sonzini and Mr. Giuseppe Cordone. Attending with their own stones the members Mr. Claudio Villa, Mr. Carlo Vanni and the already nominated Mr. Angelo Attinà. |
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Since the stones have been showed anonimus, we can mention the names of owners only for those of whom we have recognixed the stones. We are however at disposal of those who recognizing their own suiseki would like to publish their name. The classifications are those indicated in the labels displayed in the exhibition.
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I close this short report with the images of a moment during which together with Mr. Lorenzo Sonzini I have abbandoned the heaby reflections on the Japanese esthetics to play at samurai and to the geisha... also this happens at Crespi Cup ! |
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| Mr. Jiuwei Huang, sole judge helped by Mr. Luigi Crespi, has so choosen the stones which have awarded the prized in contest : |
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| 1° Classified and winner of 2012 Crespi Suiseki Cup Trophy |
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| Mrs. Chiara Padrini
Yamagata-ishi
Mountain stone
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| 2° Classified |
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| Mr. Igor Carino
Doha-ishi
Slope stone
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| 3° Classified |
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| Mr. Silvano Provasi
Dobutsu-seki
Animal shape stone
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| Menzion of Merit |
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| Mr. Giorgio Rosati
Toyama-ishi
Distant mountain stone
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| BCI Excellence Award |
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| Mr. Angelo Attinà
Sugata-ishi
Human shape stone
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| The other stones in display |
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Mr. Giuseppe Cordone
AIAS Member
Domon-ishi
Tunnel stone |
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Mr. Felice Colombari
AIAS Member
Kinzan-seki
Near-view mountain stone |
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Mr. Amedeo Ducoli
AIAS Member
Iwagata-ishi
Coastal rock stone |
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Mr. Cesare Fumagalli
AIAS Member
Keisho-seki
Object stone |
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Mr. Ezio Piovanelli
AIAS Member
Taki-ishi
Waterfall stone |
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Mrs. Daniela Schifano
AIAS Member
Shimagata-ishi
Island stone |
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Mr. Lorenzo Sonzini
AIAS Member
Taki-ishi
Waterfall stone |
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Mr. Carlo Vanni
AIAS Member
Kinzan-seki
Near-view mountain stone |
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Mr. Claudio Villa
AIAS Member
Rempo-seki
Mountain range stone |
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Mr. Fabrizio Buccini
Sugata-ishi
Human shape stone |
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Mr. Luca Zeni
Kinzan-seki
Near-view mountain stone |
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Mr. Franco Mauri
Yamagata-ishi
Mountain stone |
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Mr. Carlo Gori
Iwagata-ishi
Coastal rock stone |
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Mrs. Anna Maria Amato
Kinzan-seki
Near-view mountain stone |
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Mr. Fabrizio Beltrame
Toyama-ishi
Distant mountain stone |
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Mr. Jean Claude Febb
Sugata-ishi
Human shape stone
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Toyama-ishi
Distant mountain stone |
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Yagata-ishi
Hut stone |
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Kinzan-seki
Near-view mountain stone |
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Sugata-ishi
Human shape stone |
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Dobutsu-seki
Animal shape stone |
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Yadori
Shelter stone |
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Yamagata-ishi
Mountain stone |
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Jeong-ya Seok
Korean stone - Coast Nam Han |
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Sugata-ishi
Human shape stone |
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Dolgore Seok
Korean stone |
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Sugata-ishi
Daruma shape stone |
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Shimagata-ishi
Island stone |
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Yamagata-ishi
Mountain stone |
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Doha-ishi
Slope stone |
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Yamagata-ishi
Mountain stone |
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Yamagata-ishi
Mountain stone |
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