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With a lot of illusion and no less fear, Finally I can inform you of the opening of the webpage www.qseki.com. In it, you will find my comments and material related to the art of viewing stones (suiseki in a broad sense). Logically, we shall introduce some improvements and, of course, more material, completing some sections. Please feel invited to enter and, if you consider it interesting and worth enough, to help to disseminate it among stone lovers.
Anyway, I shall be very grateful for your impressions and suggestions, to be sent to qseki@qseki.com.
Regards,
qseki
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Porcari (Lucca) 12nd - 13rd Ottobre 2013
XVIII National Congress of Bonsai and Suiseki Instructors
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Mr. Sandro Segneri, IBS President, had written :
“The sole aim of this Congress is to promote the Bonsai and Suiseki culture. The congressional activities will therefore propose , in addition to the exhibition of Bonsai and Suiseki exemplars, didactical activities which render usable the approaching to the two arts .”
And Mr. Massimiliano Bertini, president of the “Cultural Association of Bonsai Lucca”, young reality born at beginning of 2013 , writes :
“Two days which we will remember for long time , two days which have made us grow; the plates, in themselves are not important but it is important what there is behind, it is important to have in some way contributed to the culture, essential for understanding deeply a so ancient art which still with difficulty we succeed to signify with our plants. |
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I am happy to have heard encouraging words by the president of IBS Sandro Segneri, who urged us to try something more deep in the Bonsai and not only something of botanical technique”. |
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For the Suiseki the IBS Instructor Chiara Padrini has participated to the event , in addition to Angelo Attinà, Ezio Piovanelli, Luciana Queirolo , IBS Instructors and AIAS members.
No IBS plate has been granted, therefore, out of the annual Scholarship.
Chiara Padrini , as BCI director for the suiseki , has assigned two BCI Honour medal to a Bonsai and to the Suiseki “ The wave” of Ezio Piovanelli.
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"The step of the giant tortoise"
Luciana Queirolo
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“Sweet landscape”
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“The wave “
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Mr. Angelo Attinà
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Reggio Emilia 7th-8th September 2013
GIAREDA 2013
XXII Bonsai-Suiseki Exhibition
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As every year, during the Madonna della Ghiara feast , the Giareda arrives on time, national rendezvous of bonsai , suiseki and kusamono.
The tested experience of “The Elen Bonsai Club”, the magnificent organization of the exhibition and the desire (almost an abstinence after the summer rest) assemble in Reggio Emilia a good part of the Italian lovers and not.
Unlikely in other exhibitions ten bonsaists find themselves to work simultaneously wonderful plant exemplars.
The passion and the skill of Mr. Enrico Savini with his pupils of Future Project, vitalize the two days contest. |
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This year , in addition to the simultaneous workshop of 10 clubs, there was also the attendance of Mrs. Silvia Orsi with her books and her passion in spreading the increasing mania of accompanying plants , kusamono and herbs in pots.
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Another appointment has been the exhibition concerning us , of suiseki.
In consideration of the proximity with the AIAS congress it has been somewhat snobed by the great winners of the previous years . All even though , 20 stones were in contest.
Priceless the attendance for two days of Mrs. Luciana Queirolo who although the long libations has made her utmost in long explanations, discussions and finally in the final judgement.
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The reporter for one day Ulisse , together to other AIAS members attending , have made as much as possible to advertise our art. The most inexpert public remained enchanted by the natural shapes of displayed stones. We hope that someone of them can become fond.
At right , the tableful ready to grant and satisfy all numerous participants .
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Second prize, object stone of Mr. Angelo Attinà
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Third prize to the object stone of Mr. Ulisse Maccaferri
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Worthy of merit the other participant stones of the members: Castagnetti, Rabitti, Fumagalli and ABC of Castelfranco, among the renowned participants The Bonsai Club of Genoa.
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We have left on Sunday evening , well loaded , ready for the exhibition in Pescia. We hope that next year will bring new friends to the exhibition. It is always fine to stay together and make what we love most…
And goodbye to 2014, great Giareda...
Ulisse Maccaferri
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In Pescia has taken place the 16th A.I.A.S. Exhibition and Congress - 2013 Edition.
You will find images and news on the exhibition to the following pages :
Kind Visitors are informed that for reasons of space the pages devoted to the A.I.A.S. Congress 2011 have been moved in the page "Brushing up old photos".
9th Market Show
BONSAI WORLD
9th-10th March 2013
Gonzaga (Mantova)
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The appointment with Bonsai World, organized by the Gonzaga Bonsai Club, gathers the enthusiasts of plants and stones : Clubs and Associations of half Italy are invited. Also various sellers of pots, plants, stones, and specific tools were present.
For us of the A.I.A.S., a get together where members speak, discuss and compare each other without the worry of the awards , in friendship as the Maremmano , now international nickname of the member Mr. Carlo Maria Galli, says.
With great surprise , just arriving on Friday night, I have met Mr. Francesco Artifoni , A.I.A.S. member of some year ago who had displayed an interesting collection of Katane (Japanese swords) .
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He has told us about all the manufacturing process of the swords, of the metal fusion, to the forging, the sharpening, the polishing and to the different blessings of the various stages. The blades have an impressive edge. |
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As last year Mrs. Sonia was also present with her Japanese dolls , also she has explained the various dolls and their meaning : on seeing the whole it seemed a small court with the Emperor and wife.
Remarkable the silks and the colours of kimono in exhibition.
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Particulars of some dolls from which the perfection of the smallest particulars are evident.
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To finish a parade of pots, glasses, Raku and Gres bowls : Two girls manufactured the various pieces starting from the fluid part of the starting material , shaping it in the various typologies.
Let us speak about the exhibition . On Saturday morning after having placed stones and plants in display , the opening ceremony and the reception party ; for the description about seventy stones there were exhibited.
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On Sunday morning “SOS Bonsai” goes on and Mr. Igor Carino (also he had been Aias member) test himself in the manufacturing of a “Moon stone” pot : starting from a fluid mass, it is moulded on a round stone, beated , dried with an hairdryer , refined he has told us the various phases manufacturing a very fine “Moon stone pot”.
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From its establishment the event offers to the exhibitors the food : the specialities of the territory have been offered , the whole washed down with a very good Lambrusco red sparkling wine.
And it will be due to this very good light wine ….. but it seemed to us that a very known personality had intervened !
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The moment of the ….. libations!
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To finish with Clubs and Associations at the moment of greetings , a diploma and a Lambrusco wine confection, just labelled “Bonsai World”, is offered.
A dutiful thank to Mrs. Laura Redini and to all her Club for the very nice welcome.
A wish of prompt recovery to Chiara , member of the organizing Club, and good-bye to next year.
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The suiseki in display
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Mr. Angelo Attinà
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Mr. Alberto Barduzzi
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Mrs. Cinzia Batignani
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Mrs. Cinzia Batignani
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Mr. Marco Bellucci
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Mr. Remo Cavalli
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Mr. Flavio Catrani
"Duck"
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Mr. Felice Colombari
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Mr. Mario Crema
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Mr. Mario Crema
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Mr. Amedeo Ducoli
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Mr. Amedeo Ducoli
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Mr. Amedeo Ducoli
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Mr. Gian Luigi Enny
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Mr. Gian Luigi Enny
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Mr. Cesare Fumagalli
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Mr. Carlo Maria Galli
"The waiting"
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"Mountain Chain"
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Mr. Carlo Maria Galli
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"Babylon"
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Mr. Carlo Maria Galli
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Mr. Carlo Maria Galli
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Mr. Carlo Maria Galli
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Mr. Carlo Maria Galli
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Mr. Ettore Gardini
"Life promise"
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Mr. Ettore Gardini
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Mr. Carlo Laghi
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Mr. Carlo Laghi
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Mr. Carlo Laghi
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Mr. Ulisse Maccaferri
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Mr. Ulisse Maccaferri
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Mr. Primangelo Pondini
"Time marker"
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Mr. Primangelo Pondini
"A patch of infinity"
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Mr. Danilo Pretolani
"The dragon cove"
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Mr. Renzo Rabitti
"The fortress"
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Mr. Renzo Rabitti
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Mr. Roberto Rampazzo
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Mt. Roberto Rampazzo
"The tower"
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Mr. Roberto Rampazzo
"Prehistoric"
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Mrs. Laura Redini
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Mrs. Laura Segna
Pattern Stone
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Mrs. Laura Segna
"The refuge"
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Mr. Lorenzo Sonzini
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Mr. Attilio Valdifiori
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Ercolano, Naples
Villa Campolieto
22nd-24th February 2013
III KOKORO-NO BONSAI TEN 2013 EXHIBITION
"Exhibition of the soul, of the mind and of the heart"
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In an extraordinary venue , Villa Campolieto in Ercolano, has taken place the third edition of the National Exhibition “Kokoro-No Bonsai Ten 2013 of Bonsai and Suiseki: Exhibition of the soul , of the mind and of the heart”, organized by the friends of the Napoli Bonsai Club.
The President of the Club , Mr. Antonio Acampora, has explained the birth and the meaning of the Kokoro, which then develops in the theme of the exhibition : invented by the master Mr.Hideo Susuki, it wants to indicate the union among the mind , the soul and the heart, represented in Japan with a sole character exactly “Kokoro”, and which practically “defines the attitudes and the behaviours of whom is devoted to the bonsai”.
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The event , which has had the patronage of the Campania Region, of the Ercolano Community and of important national associations such as UBI, IBS, BCI,AIAS and the NBSKE, took place in the ancient halls of Villa Campolieto, one of the eighteenth Century residence built by noble Bourbons, located in the layer of the Vesuvio along the famous Golden Mile and pointed out on the gulf of Naples . Bonsai and Suiseki in contest have found a place in the richly frescoed halls , while at the entrance Visitors were welcomed by six sosakukazari, a creative display of bonsai, suiseki, handwritings and ikebana.
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Every display has been prepared in all particulars , starting from a main theme , the arrival of the Spring. Five Bonsai and one Suiseki have then been coupled to an handwriting , realized by Mrs. Daniela Di Perna or by an ikebana realized by Mrs. Maria Domenica Castrì.
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The sabine juniper of Mr. Sandro Segneri has been coupled to an haiku of Matsuo Basho, whose spring kigo clear waterfalls is reported in the handwriting by the teacher Mrs. Daniela Di Perna in the Gyosho-Sosho style.
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The suiseki of Mrs. Daniela Schifano, an island stone, has been coupled to an haiku of Tachibana Hokushi, whose spring kigo lost in the fog has a recall in the ikebana of Mrs. Maria Domenica Castrì , representing the fog surrounding the island , while the peach bud remembers both the coming spring and the immortality.
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The arriving of the spring is announced by the ikebana camelia bud , arranged in a raku pot leaned over a small canes’ matting , to evidence the acquatic environment in which closeness the itoigawa juniper of Mr. Matteo Testa lives.
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A program rich of great interest hints has accompanied the days of exhibit :
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The direct working of Mr. Tiberio Gracco of a shitakusa pot has been accompained by the lecture of Mr. Massimo Bandera on the aesthetic of pots and accompanying erbs ;
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Mrs. Luciana Queirolohas compared some Japanaese schools on the difficult and disputed subject of a suiseki display;
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The suiseki in contest were 16, and in addition there was displayed out of contest the stone of Geppino Mauriello “The shark”.
The sole judge of the event, Mrs. Luciana Queirolo, A.I.A.S. President and IBS Instructor, has assigned the awards offered by the Napoli Bonsai Club . In addition she has selected the stone for the Aias plate, for the IBS plate and for the plate presented by the Bonsai Suiseki Magazine, while Mr. Massimo Bandera has assigned the BCI certificate. Finally the ItalianSuiseki team has selected the stone for their own plate of merit.
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1° Prize for Suiseki
Kokoro-No Bonsai Ten 2013 Award
Mrs. Daniela Schifano
Pattern Stone - Mon' yo -seki
"Plots of branches, sparks of light"
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Mention of Merit
Kokoro-No Bonsai Ten 2013 Award
Mr. Fabrizio Buccini
Mo untain Stone - Yamagata-ishi
Liguria
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Mention of Merit
Kokoro-No Bonsai Ten 2013 Award
B.C.I. Award
Mrs. Laura Monni
Island Stone - Shimagata-ishi
"Magic at Sesel"
Liguria
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A.I.A.S. Plaque
Mr. Cosimo Pepe
Object Stone - Sugata -ishi
"Yurikono yume - The dream og Julia"
Liguria
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I.B.S. Plaque
Mrs. Daniela Schifano
Island Stone - Shimagata -ishi
"On the sky and sea courses"
Liguria
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Bonsai Suiseki Magazine Award
ItalianSuiseki Award
Mr. Geppino Mauriello
Mountain Stone - Yamagata-ishi
Liguria
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Mr. Raffaele Cacace
Mountain Stone - Yamagata-ishi
"Gaugamela : beginning and ending of great kings"
Liguria
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Mr. Giuseppe Cordone
Pietra Oggetto - Sugata-ishi
"Escaped woman"
Sicilia
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Mr. Paco Donato
Mountain Stone - Yamagata-ishi
Liguria
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Mr. Giuseppe Filocamo
Tunnel Stone - Domon-ishi
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Mr. Filippo Lanfranchi
Object Stone - Dobutsu-seki
"The ever lasting wisdom"
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Mr. Antonio Marino
Island Stone - Shimagata-ishi
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Mr. Antonio Marino
Object Stone - Sugata-ishi
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Mr. Geppino Mauriello
Out of contest
Object Stone - Dobutsu-seki
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Liguria
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Lake Stone - Tamari-ishi
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Mr. Umberto Ziniti
Mountain Stone - Yamagata-ishi
"Travelling unexplored valleys "
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Mountain Stone - Yamagata-ishi
"The sacred Mountain labyrinth"
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November 24th and 25th 2012
XV Bonsai and Suiseki Exhibition
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The annual appointment of the C.E.R.S.M., initially expected in September in Ferrara , on account of the earthquake, has shifted to the end of November organized by the Romagna Bonsai Club in Rimini.
The postponement has allowed to the visitors to observe the plants, and in particular the deciduous ones, in their winter appearance : the missing of leaves , inevitably has laid bare and in evidence the smallest defect.
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Eight Bonsai Clubs and two Bonsai Schools there were present for a total of 39 plants and 27 stones (the home Club has furthermore showed 16 bonsai and suiseki of members). The Clubs were allowed to present in contest 4 plants and 2 stones each one : we of the Forlì Club , having especially lovers of stones , we have applied the primaries and for the stones those of Mr. Claudio Villa and Mr. Primangelo Pondini have participated to the contest.
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IThe work has allowed me to participate , and to attend only on Sunday. As soon as arrived I have seen the stones , the plats, the fittings ,the working and lectures spaces, the secretary office: we are speaking of the hall placed at the first floor in the building of the Arengo which looks on Cavour square right in the historical centre; an hall of high capacity 38 mts. long and 14,50 mts. wide.
For the occasion tables for 90 linear mts. have been arranged, but further 10 linear mts. were available : do you imagine an hall containing 100 exhibition places full of stones in a future AIAS Congress ?? |
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The regional Coordination is reserved to the Clubs and to their members of the region and I could never have expected to meet the AIAS member Mrs. Laura Monni , roman citizen here in Rimini. I had promised to the AIAS member Mr. Remo Cavalli, organizer of the event, that I should have attended to a lecture and I would have talked about my experiences in the suiseki field and that I have done. |
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| The contest “Regional Talent” |
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The …speaker of the lecture |
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At the end of the lecture I and the other members have met and talked with Mr. Hong and his daughter Miyuen (Korean living in Milan who had already visited us at the 2011 Bonsai World in Gonzaga).
They had brought 7 stones of which , in my opinion, 4 or 5 outstanding ones , and in the afternoon we have discussed of these stones for a couple of hours.
They will be revisiting Bonsai World 2013 in Gonzaga.
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AIAS has granted the patronage to this event because the Romagna Bonsai Club is duly entered with the Association; the attendance of board members and old members has allowed to assign the plate put at disposal : for not facing discussions, it has been decided to exclude the stones, even superior , of AIAS members and the plate has been presented to the landscape stone of Mr. Valerio Perdonà.
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| The AIAS members, Mr. Remo Cavalli and Mr. Claudio Villa, deliver the AIAS plate to Mrs. Perdonà. |
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The stone winning the AIAS Plate. |
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| The numerous visitors have chosen, as preferred stone, the landscape “Stormy summits” of Mr. Claudio Villa, already winner of the AIAS Trophy 2006. Resuming for the report the winners : |
For suiseki :
1°Mr. Claudio Villa with a landscape stone
2° Mr. Renzo Rabitti
with a landscape stone
3° Mr. Primangelo Pondini c
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Aias Plate to Mr. Valerio Perdonà
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For bonsai :
1° Mr. Remo Cavalli with a Korean hornbeam
2° Mr. Davide Cardin with country elm
3° Mr. Fernando Poli with an acer
UBI Plate to Mr. David Cardin
IBS Plate to Mr. Robert Semprini
Memorial Faitanin of the RSM Club to Mr. Stefano Frisoni
CERSM Regional Talent to Mr. Enrico Masini
Visitors’ Award to Spazio Bonsai
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The Aias member Mr. Remo Cavalli , receives the plate 1st classified of Bonsai contest.
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| From my part I thank the organizer friend , together with his Club , to have involved me in this successful exhibition . |
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| The suiseki in display |
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Mr. Alberto Barduzzi
"Arcane"
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Mr. Alberto Barduzzi
"I am the hearth"
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Mr. Rolando Calanca
"Landscape"
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Mr. Rolando Calanca
"Snowy peak" |
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Mr. Flavio Catrani
"Toward the future"
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Mr. Flavio Catrani
"Rocky mountains" |
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Mr. Remo Cavalli
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Mr. Remo Cavalli
"Mammuth" |
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Mr. Remo Cavalli
"Intriguing presence"
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Mr. Ettore Gardini
"The time... sun water and wind"
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Mr. Ulisse Maccaferri
"Abstract"
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Mr.Ulisse Maccaferri
Landscape Stone
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Mr. Ulisse Maccaferri
Object Stone
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Mr. Ulisse Maccaferri
Landscape Stone
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Mr. Ulisse Maccaferri
Object Stone
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Mrs. Laura Monni
"Magic at Sesel"
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Mr. Leo Mugellesi
"Owlet "
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Mr. Leo Mugellesi
"Mountain"
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Mr. Valerio Perdonà
AIAS Plate
"Island"
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Mrs. Maria Petillo
"Thaw"
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Mrs. Maria Petillo
"The lion"
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Mr. Primangelo Pondini
3° Prize
"A patch of infinity"
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Mr. Renzo Rabitti
2° Prize
"Lovers’ Cove"
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Mr. Renzo Rabitti
"Geisha"
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Mr. Daniele Rinaldi
"St.Mary (At daybreak of a new world)" |
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Mr. Claudio Villa
1° Prize
"Red traces at sunset"
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Mr. Claudio Villa
Visitors’ award
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In Bondeno di Gonzaga has taken place the 15th A.I.A.S. Exhibition and Congress - 2012 Edition.
You will find images and news on the exhibition to the following pages :
Kind Visitors are informed that for reasons of space the pages devoted to the A.I.A.S. Congress 2010 have been moved in the page "Brushing up old photos".
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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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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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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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| Mrs. Chiara Padrini
Yamagata-ishi
Mountain stone
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| Mr. Igor Carino
Doha-ishi
Slope stone
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| Mr. Silvano Provasi
Dobutsu-seki
Animal shape stone
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| Mr. Giorgio Rosati
Toyama-ishi
Distant mountain stone
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| Mr. Angelo Attinà
Sugata-ishi
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Mr. Giuseppe Cordone
AIAS Member
Domon-ishi
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Mr. Felice Colombari
AIAS Member
Kinzan-seki
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Mr. Amedeo Ducoli
AIAS Member
Iwagata-ishi
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Mr. Cesare Fumagalli
AIAS Member
Keisho-seki
Object stone |
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Mr. Ezio Piovanelli
AIAS Member
Taki-ishi
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Mrs. Daniela Schifano
AIAS Member
Shimagata-ishi
Island stone |
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Mr. Lorenzo Sonzini
AIAS Member
Taki-ishi
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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
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Mrs. Anna Maria Amato
Kinzan-seki
Near-view mountain stone |
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Mr. Fabrizio Beltrame
Toyama-ishi
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Mr. Jean Claude Febb
Sugata-ishi
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Yagata-ishi
Hut stone |
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Yadori
Shelter stone |
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Jeong-ya Seok
Korean stone - Coast Nam Han |
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Sugata-ishi
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Dolgore Seok
Korean stone |
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Sugata-ishi
Daruma shape stone |
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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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Mountain stone |
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Arco (Trento), 4-6 May 2012
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The XVI National U.B.I.Congress
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Testi e foto di Daniela Schifano
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Per la quarta volta, la manifestazione Arcobonsai, organizzata dall'Arcobonsai Club Garda Trentino, ha ospitato il Congresso Nazionale U.B.I. : dall'unione dei due convegni è nata una manifestazione ricca di eventi, dai numeri imponenti.
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Più di 100 i bonsai esposti, circa 50 spazi commerciali, una area congressuale ben organizzata che ha permesso di partecipare a workshop bonsai, conferenze ed una dimostrazione dal vivo sulla creazione di un vaso da bonsai, tenuta da Tiberio Gracco.
Il Salone delle Feste dell'ottocentesco Casinò Municipale di Arco ha ospitato i bonsai in mostra, mentre i suiseki sono stati esposti in una saletta a loro riservata.
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I suiseki iscritti erano nove, quindi sono stati tutti ammessi a catalogo. Due non erano selezionabili per i premi U.B.I. in quanto esposti dal vicepresidente U.B.I. Marino Nikpal e dal giudice U.B.I. Ezio Piovanelli, istruttore I.B.S., ma sono stati ammessi alla assegnazione delle Targhe I.B.S. e A.I.A.S., ad opera rispettivamente dei giudici Luciana Queirolo, presidente A.I.A.S., ed Angelo Attinà, istruttore I.B.S..
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Nella giornata della domenica, gli appassionati dell'arte dei suiseki hanno potuto assistere alla conferenza di Luciana Queirolo sulla esposizione su vassoio (suiban oppure doban) di una pietra, conferenza ricca di informazioni preziose e corredata da numerose immagini di esempio. Dall'evoluzione della esposizione, dagli esempi più antichi fino ai giorni nostri, alle forme ed i colori dei vassoi, dal posizionamento della pietra alle dimensioni e alle proporzioni, per finire con il colore e la granulometria della sabbia, nessuno argomento è stato tralasciato.
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L'arriverderci è per la prossima edizione del Congresso U.B.I., che si terrà a Vieste nell'Aprile 2013, organizzata dal Daunia Bonsai Club di Foggia in collaborazione con il Bonsai Club Primo Cielo di Acquaviva delle Fonti di Bari.
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The suiseki admitted to the Catalogue :
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U.B.I. Suiseki Award 2012
"Eneepah, mirage island"
Landscape Stone - Liguria
Mr. Carlo Scafuri
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U.B.I. Mention of Merit
Mr. Angelo Attinà
"Montagna a due picchi"
Landscape Stone - Liguria
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U.B.I. Mention of Merit
Mr. Filippo Lanfranchi
"Lake"
Landscape Stone - Liguria
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I.B.S. Plaque
Mrs. Daniela Schifano
"Perenne attesa"
Landscape Stone - Liguria
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A.I.A.S. Plaque
Mr. Marino Nikpal
"Madame"
Object Stone - Dalmatia
Out of contest
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Amatori Bonsai e Suiseki Genova Club
"Island"
Landscape Stone - Liguria
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Mr. Antonio Marino
"Buddha"
Object Stone - Calabria
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Mr. Ezio Piovanelli
"La porta del cielo"
Landscape Stone - Lombardia
Out of contest
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Mrs. Luciana Queirolo
New Kikka-seki
Pool Stone - Japan
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