In early 2004, when my apprenticeship with Shinji Suzuki was only four months gone, a TV crew came to make a documentary on apprenticing in bonsai. They focused on the gaijin, me, and after a couple days of filming came up with this eight minute piece that ran on a local channel. Afterwards, quite a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Apprenticeship’
Documentary Film of Bonsai Apprenticeship—
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Apprenticeship, Bonsai, bonsai apprenticeship, bonsai study, Japanese traditional arts, Michael Hagedorn, Obuse Japan, Shinji Suzuki on June 16, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Japan trip to Shinji Suzuki’s nursery!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Apprenticeship, Bonsai, bonsai styling, Kokufu show, Matt Reel, Shinji Suzuki, snow monkey on January 18, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Well, I finally got back there… and I brought quite a few photos back with me. So over the next couple of days I’ll run several posts about the week and a half spent at my teacher’s studio: the people, the nursery, the trees I worked on, even the monkeys. Stay tuned for more posts! [...]
Ryan Neil Returns from Kimura’s—
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Apprenticeship, Kimura, Ryan Neil on March 19, 2010 | 7 Comments »
If you haven’t heard yet… Ryan Neil is now back in the States. Ryan studied six years with Kimura and his return home is certainly the major bonsai news of the year. I hope you will join me in applauding his achievement, and welcoming him home. And the best way you might do this is [...]
