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pieces of sculpture and the team decided that display- Left column, top to bottom;
ing the bonsai in that location would be ideal. Michelle Zimmer applies the
They also decided that only bonsai that have spring final touch to a mountain
interest would be displayed. Bonsai with blossoms, hemlock.
like an azalea or hawthorn, would be elegant. The ex- Michelle, Steve Carini (in red)
hibit would be filled out with bonsai that have spring and Greg Polak (in yellow)
make sure the big Chinese elm
foliage that is lush, and distinctive. is sitting level.
The next question was, “What will we use for the Greg applies the final touch to
display pedestals?” the shimpaku (see inset, facing
LSG has what they lovingly call “the dump” which page).
contains salvaged building materials from previous Top right; A mountain hemlock,
construction projects. Things like granite, brick, a grove of gingko’s, and an
bluestone paving, chimney tile and many other items azalea in the middle of the
terrace.
just lying there waiting for someone to see their value. Bottom; Sitting on a pedestal of
These items sparked the imagination of the exhibit granite and brick is a Larch. In
team. One piece was put on top of another and soon the background is a Shimpaku
the pedestal designs started to evolve. Mentally juniper on a pedestal of
matching trees to pedestals, they built a pedestal for granite and bluestone next to
each bonsai using the salvaged material. The crew at “Orbits” (1967) by Alexander
Liberman.
LSG disassembled the pedestals, loaded the material

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