Bill Valavanis in Sydney

[kcpoole]

Hi all
Just got home from a great night with Bill.

He gave a very nice Talk and then a Critique session with some nice trees

Hope all the people going to the Workshops tomorrow enjoy themselves and post their Pics here

Ken

[kcpoole]

Met Quite a few more AusBonsai'ers tonight too

Bill was entertainig and informative but the Quote I like the best was
"There are NO Bonsai Police"

Meaning that if you like it and it pleases you, then there is no problem as to whether it Breaks the rules or not


Ken

[Steven]

Thanks Ken!
My favourite quote for the night was "suiseki is for bonsaists who can't keep tree's alive"
and here are some more pictures from Bills lecture, presentation and critique last night.

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I'll get some pictures up from today's 2 workshops when I get a chance.

Regards,
Steven

[Steven]

Thursday AM workshop... unfortunately my battery went dead so I didn't get many pictures

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[kcpoole]

You should have put a sticker on the cat

Nice pics thanks Steven

Ken

[Steven]

I completed my William Valavanis triathlon last night with another workshop. Following are some pictures from the evening...

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Bill is off to Brisbane today so I look forward to seeing some pictures of the Valavanis adventures up there.

A big thank you to Ray and Clinton Nesci and The School of Bonsai for hosting Bill for the Sydney leg of his Australian tour

Regards,
Steven

[toohey]

Thankls for posting Steven.
Bill is a Master and I love the work he did on my elm.
I felt under pressure with all that wiring under the masters direction; he makes it look so easy.
A great night and well worth it.
Michael Toohey

[toohey]

Hi All,
Any suggestions regarding a bonsai pot for the Elm?
I was going to grow it on, but Bill suggested that he would like it to go into a bonsai pot directly and be trained from that and I am happy to comply.
Regards,
Michael

[kcpoole]

A nice oval pot but fairly shallow glazed one.
About as long as the width of the tree now as it should fill out to a bit wider of the next few years

Ken