1. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume Kevin Willson’s workshop in Mazaugues (Var, France), 2007 Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume bonsaiclubstebaume@wanadoo.fr http://perso.orange.fr/bonsaiclubstebaume

2. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume Saturday April 28 th 2007 : The first work on dead wood

3. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume Let’s go ! TROPICAL TREE (Xylosma)

4. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume An enjoyable moment

5. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume This first day, trainees brought many trees requiring a lot of jins, sharis and sabamikis SCOTS PINE (pinus sylvestris) YEW (taxus baccata)

6. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume Sunday April 29 th, the serious work begins … JUNIPER (juniperus oxycedrus)

7. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume But Kevin thinks for a long time in front of a nice yamadori and studies all possibilities with the student BOX (buxus sempervirens)

8. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume From vision to creation Front view of the previous tree

9. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume Our club’s president is watching the first styling of this pine. SCOTS PINE (pinus sylvestris)

10. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume Shohin with sabamiki and styling TAMARIX (tamarix gallica)

11. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume Tuesday May 1 st, it is labour’s day outside…

12. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume But, because of the rain, we had to go inside at 5pm to complete this tree... SCOTS PINE (pinus sylvestris)

13. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume … and this creating of dead wood JUNIPER BEFORE THE WORKSHOP

14. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume Kevin broke the straight line of the trunk and made a shakan instead of a classical chokan,. YEW (taxus baccata) from nursery First cut of the Sabamiki allowing it to dry for one year before final carving.

15. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume Last workshop day on Wednesday May 2 nd

16. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume What to do with an unusual yamadori ? SCOTS PINE (pinus sylvestris) before styling

17. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume And another yamadori… BLACK PINE (pinus nigra)

18. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume And one more UNCINATA PINE (pinus uncinata) BOX (buxus sempervirens)

19. Bonsaï Club de la Ste-Baume We hope this slide show gave you a good view of these 4 days of workshops and we hope to do this again next year ? We THANK students from other bonsai Clubs and also spectators and students from our own Club. A big thank you to our Club president, without forgetting Patricia, André, Phil, Guy. And KEVIN WILLSON for his talent and explanations. We hope this slide show gave you a good view of these 4 days of workshops and we hope to do this again next year ? We THANK students from other bonsai Clubs and also spectators and students from our own Club. A big thank you to our Club president, without forgetting Patricia, André, Phil, Guy. And KEVIN WILLSON for his talent and explanations. Philippe Fournier