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From the far left;
Zhao Qingquan,
Shinichi Nakajima,
Chen Wenjuan,
Budi Sulistyo,
Nikunj Parekh,
Jyoti Parekh,
Tony Bebb,
Chris Di Nola,
Joe Morgan-Payler,
Frank Michalic,
and Tom Elias.
a children’s instructional bonsai book, in English, Middle and Bottom left; QT Gold Coast, venue for
Spanish, French and released in various formats. the convention and the Gold Coast, Queensland.
Frank has been sculpting and making jewelry since Right Column; QT Gold Coast hotel rooms and
he was a small boy. Always interested in Cameos, restaurants.
he travelled to Torre del Greco, Italy, where he
was lucky enough to meet master Cameo carver
Giovanni Ventresca. Mr. Ventresca was so excited by
Frank’s desire and interest in learning how to carve
Cameos that he took the time to teach him these
Italian old-world Cameo carving techniques.
Frank has also studied Lost Wax Carving and Casting at
the Revere Academy of Jewelry in San Francisco, CA.
Tom Elias, USA. Suiseki Display Critique. Tom Elias
is currently the President of Bonsai Clubs Interna-
tional; Chairman of the View Stone Association of
North America, International Consultant to the
World Bonsai Friendship Federation and President
of the Southern Breeze Tree and Stone Club in
southern California.
Tom has written or edited eight books and over 150
articles. This includes the books Chrysanthemum
Stones, The Story of Stone Flowers and Best of BCI:
50 Stones, 50 Trees, 50 Years, and over 30 articles on
bonsai and stone appreciation. He and his wife,
Hiromi, have assembled one of the largest private
collections of Chinese viewing stones and Japanese
suiseki in the US. Tom also has a successful web site,
www.vsana.org, on Asian viewing stones. He is a
popular lecturer and has given presentations in 12
countries.

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