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as he worked for two days on an enormous Buxus,
carving and styling to produce a masterpiece that re-
flected skill, perseverance and hard work.
The New Talent Contest, with sixteen contestants,
winners from competitions in their various countries,
entailed the participants working for four hours on
some of the most difficult and challenging competi-
tive material ever seen at such an event. These were
Korean grown Juniperus chinensis, some two feet in
height and similar width, with a vast selection of thick
branches and a dense mass of foliage. They truly had
to work for their allotted four hours. One or two took
the easy way out, removing most of the branches, leav-
ing themselves little to struggle with. The majority ac-
cepted the challenge and, all credit to them, produced

EXHIBITION
Top left; BCI Award of
Excellence; Carpinus betulus,
Francois Jeker, France
Middle left; BCI Award of
Excellence presented by
Gudrun Benz to Sarka
Ćermakova
Top right; Rosmarinus officinalis,
David Jamet, France
Bottom; European Suiseki
Association Award, Jean Marc
Pouillon

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