Magazines by BONSAI CLUBS INTERNATIONAL: KUSAMURA BONSAI CLUB LIBRARY Bonsai Magazine: The Official Publication of Bonsai Clubs International LAST UPDATED ON – May 20, 2016 RC Latest Issues: Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Magazine January/February/March 2015, Q1 Grand Indonesian Bonsai & Suiseki Exhibition; Continuum: A Year I the Japanese Bonsai World, Directed by Bjorn Bjorholm and the Bonsai Art of Bjorn Bjorholm; 2015 BCI Convention: Guangzhou, China; Creating a bonsai forest with the Genotti method; Mojave Desert and Gobi Desert Viewing Stones; Francois Jeker: a multifaceted artist; National Bonsai and Suiseki Exhibition in Germany; Winter Silhouette Bonsai Expo, North Carolina Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Magazine April/May/June 2015, Q2 Tiny Giants: The Beauty of Small Stones USA; Noelanders Trophy XVI, Belgium; 4th US National Bonsai Exhibition; 2015 BCI Convention: Guangzhou, China; BCI VIP China Tour: Inner Mongolia & Ningxia; Innovative Saikei, Hawaii; The Wonderboom Style: A South African Inspiration; Heavy Bend: Improving a California Juniper; Casuarina Equisetifolia, species feature Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Magazine July/August/September 2015, Q3 Suseok on Center Stage: 20th Annual Korean/American Viewing Stone Exhibition; An Exhibit of Art: Bonsai at the Lynden Sculpture Garden; Tree in Mind Clay in Hand: Gong Linmin, Master Ceramic Artist; Nibelungo: How a semi-cascade Mugo pine became an informal upright; Sumo Bonsai: A collective work of art; Bougainvillea Re-Born: Phoenix Graft; Bonsai in Isla Encanta with Norma Rodrigues; Bonsai Beginner’s Course: Teaching a new generation of bonsai enthusiasts; Making Bonsai History in Vietnam with over 15,000 attendees Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Magazine October/November/December 2015, Q4 2015 BCI International Convention and Exhibition: The Infinity of Bonsai and Viewing Stones; A Cultural Voyage from Canton to the World; Stone Exhibition at 2015 BCI: Judge’s Point of View; Artisans Cup in Portland; Creating a Black Olive from Nursery Material; Review of Literati Penjing; 2015 BCI Photo Competition Results Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Magazine January/February/March 2014, Q1 The 50 Year Journey of an American Bonsai Pioneer: Bill Valavanis’ love affair with bonsai; Taikan-ten: Impressions of The Grandview Bonsai Collection, Kyoto, Japan; Interview with Martin Schmalenberg: Bonsai Artistry and a Passion for Stones in the Garden State; New Bonsai Museum of Baosheng Garden in China; Refining a Coastal Banksia; A Black Pine’s Strength and Beauty; The Renaissance of an Old Pine; The National Bonsai and Penjing Collection of Australia Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Magazine April/May/June 2014, Q2 The World of Bonsai Aloha: a 360 Degree Tropical Landscape; Judging Bonsai: Who Decides What is Good; Professional Stone Collector Ken McLeod; The 88th Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition; Nippon Suiseki Association; Noelanders Trophy XV 2014; Spirit Stones: The Ancient Art of the Scholar’s Rock; Lightning’s Dance: the path to informality; Inspired by Masterpieces includes “Drinking Horse” by Zhao Qingquan created using Chinese elms (Ulmus parvifolia) Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Magazine July/August/September 2014, Q3 Ryan Neil: Contemporary Bonsai Artist; Stones from the Great Lakes: A Primeval Aesthetic; Why judge bonsai? Part Two; Know Your Tree Series: Ficus Benjamina ‘Little Lucy’; An Exuberance of Satsuki; Juicy Bonsai: Knowing Your Succulents Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Magazine October/November/December 2014, Q4 BCI 2014: Sunrise on Australian Bonsai; Sunrise on Australian Bonsai: Exhibit; 1st Philippine National Bonsai Exhibition & Competition; Bonsai Triennale 2014: Three Nations One Passion; Daniel Robinson: A Unique American Artist; Judging Bonsai Part Three: The Criteria; Viewing Stones of North America; Elegance & Grace: Bamboo Bonsai; Hard Wood, Easy Bonsai: Carpinus orientalis; Less is More: Cryptomeria sp.; Spotlight on BCI Members: Sam Lee of Hawaii, Pauline Muth of USA, Soeroso Soemopawiro of Indonesia Older Issues: Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Magazine Oct/Nov/Dec Q4/2013, Volume 52, Number 4 Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Magazine July/Aug/Sept Q3/2013, Volume 52, Number 3 Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Magazine April/May/June Q2/2013, Volume 52, Number 2 Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Magazine Jan/Feb/March Q1/2013, Volume 52, Number 1 Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Magazine Oct/Nov/Dec Q4/2012, Volume 51, Number 4 Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Magazine July/Aug/Sept Q3/2012, Volume 51, Number 3 Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Magazine January/February/March 2010, Volume 49, Number 1 Bonsai & suiseki in California (includes photos from Kusamura’s 2009 show); Bay Island Bonsai Tenth Anniversary Exhibit; winter silhouettes in Southern California; Roy Nagatoshi’s Passion for Approach Grafting; Facelift on an Old Sierra Juniper; How to Disfigure a Bonsai without Killing It Part I; When Ray Met Harry (Hirao): A Story of an Ancient Juniper; Stone Stories; Viewing Stones in various California Collections; Abstract Beauty of Rain Flower Pebbles Part 4 Bonsai & Stone Appreciation Magazine April/May/June 2009, Volume 48, Number 2 The joy of making bonsai from Juniperus chinensis; Ten-Jin: The Phoencian Juniper;Basic Bonsai: How to Rapidly Enlarge the Size of Fortunella japonica; Fantastic Rocks from China in a Private French Collection; Bonsai & Suiseki of Taiwan; Taikan-ten in 2008; Noelanders Trophy X 2009; Phoenician Juniper “The Sail” from Preparation to BCI-IBS 2008 Demonstration Bonsai Magazine March/April 2002, Volume 41, Number 2 The Masculine Black Pine; A Success Story of a Scots Pine; What Bugs a Pine; Not Seeing the Trees for the Forest (group plantings); Boxwood: Buxus Sempervirens; Position & Direction of Group Planting; The Peace Forest of Saburo Kato & Aikane Bonsai Magazine September/October 2001, Volume 40, Number 5 Beautiful Flowering Trees Before Leaves Sprout: Magnolia, Dogwood, Witch Hazel, red maple, Laurel, Rhododendron, White Forsythia, Oleaceae, Rose family, Daphne genkwa; The Beautiful Flowering Tree of Callistemon viminalis; Plunging Penjing; Selecting Trees for Water-And-Land Penjing: Musings of a Master; Hon Non Bo for Smaller Gardens; Shushe Penjing; Tropical Penjing; The White Swamp Paperbark Bonsai Magazine March/April 2001, Volume 40, Number 2 The Common Garden Lilac as Bonsai; The Mountain Pine of Pius Notter; Judging a Stone; Observations on the Choice of Bonsai Pots and Suiban; BCI’s Mom and Pop: Connie & Horace Hinds – Collaborative Memories by Mike Halle and John Planting Bonsai Magazine November/December 2000, Volume XXXIX, Number 6 Grafting: Case studies of a shoot graft, peg graft, and a pine-shoot graft; The Great Olive Tree by Salvatore Liporace; The Art of Suiseki; The Most Beautiful Bonsai in Autumn: The Growing Diary; Three Mini-Bonsai: White Beech, Chinese Quince and Honeysuckle Bonsai Magazine September/October 2000, Volume XXXIX, Number 5 Remembering Mr. Shigeru Nagatoshi; Repotting with Vic Ceballos; Suiseki: Beauty in serenity, a shape of eternity; A Weeping Bald Cypress; Artistic Anatomy of Jack Pine; The Most Beautiful Bonsai in Autumn; 2000 Ben Oki International Design Award winner: “Old Gold” twin-trunk Juniperus chinensis designed by Luigi Maggioni; Theft Recovery of Bonsai using Microchip Bonsai Magazine July/August 2000, Volume XXXIX, Number 4 Tribute to Toshio Kawamoto; Saikei Rock Planting; Designing Two Chinese Junipers; Goshin Two: John Naka’s Swan Song; Twin Trunk “Tropical Pines”; California Shohin Society Seminar 2000 Bonsai Magazine May/June 2000, Volume XXXIX, Number 3 Introduction to the Italian Bonsai Artists: Liporace, Picella, Zongo, Padrini, Nobile, Danisi, Cappellaro and Andolfo; A History of Italian Bonsai; Zino Rongo’s European Olive; Suiseki in the Bel Paese; The Beauty of Yamadori; Cupressus empervirens, The Italian Cypress; The Mountain Echo; A Study of the Juniperus Chinensis; The Dwarf Trees of George Liegelsteiner Bonsai Magazine March/April 2000, Volume XXXIX, Number 2 Taikanten Grand Prize: The Chinese Pistachio of Lo-Min Shaun; Pyracantha Forest Group on Polyester Slab; 1999 Asia-Pacific Bonsai Convention in Taiwan; Bonsai Pilgrimage to Okinawa and Japan; Bonsai Garden Tours in Oahu; Rooting Branch Cuttings Bonsai Magazine January/February 2000, Volume XXXIX, Number 1 BCI 2000 Hawaii: Passing the Torch; Twin Trunk in Bordeaux (demonstration on a Pinus mugo from the Swiss mountains); An Ice Age Planter; Nick Len: A New England Character; Two Occidental Ppotters: Sara Rayner & Mario Remeggio; Sue Aziz: Lady from Indonesia; Ancient Chinese Pottery Arts: The Imperial and Official Wares; Getting Potted: The Harmony of a Tree and Its Container Bonsai Magazine November/December 1999, Volume XXXVIII, Number 6 GSBF to Honor Tosh Saburomaru; BCI 2000 Hawaii Part II; Austrian Pine; Pinus Halepensis; Celebrating the Life of the First Lady of Bonsai: Melba Tucker; 1999 Ben Oki International Design Award; Ben Oki, the Man Behind the Design Award; The Role of Bonsai in U.S. – Japan Diplomacy; Salvatore Liporace’s Anima: The San Jose Juniper Bonsai Magazine September/October 1999, Volume XXXVIII, Number 5 Catching Up With John Naka; BCI 2000 Hawaii; Suiseki in the Tropics: Puerto Rican Experience; Azalea Tips Part II; Bonsai Design: Beyond Heaven, Man and Earth with Salvatore Lipporace; The Signature Tree; Coast Olive in the New South Africa; Calligraphy & Bonsai Bonsai Magazine July/August 1999, Volume XXXVIII, Number 4 Touring Kunio Kobayashi’s garden with Boon Manakitivipart; A Chinese Juniper in China; Bougainvillea; Buttonwood: