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Lightning’s
Dance
The path to informality
By Massimo Bandera, Italy, n the autumn of this year we had the opportunity to restyle this nursery-
grown Savin juniper, Juniperus sabina, I previously worked on in a dem-
With Antonio Jesus, Pedro onstration in the early nineties (pictured with Miguel Angel Garcia Gil
Bandera, José Luis Gracia founder of the Museum of Bonsai Marbella), with the students from my
Valentina, Simón Castillo, Blas Ischool in Spain. The current museum director, Rodrigo Garcia, son of
Cano, Josemi, Paco d’Istan, Emilio, the founder, has accepted the challenge of working on this old bonsai in the
Fran de Ronda, Rafael Melchor. formal upright style.
The idea was inspired by an old tree, solitary and vigorous, that has faced
many centuries, struggling, and now the top begins to sag and twist: it is a tree
that is transforming into informality, but still most of the trunk is erect and
monumental. The example in nature is an old pine tree 20 meters tall growing
in the same condition: a tree that is difficult to classify, a cutting-edge bonsai
that marries art and nature. The old trees are our teachers.
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