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REVISION
Reinterpreting Dance of the Cobra
ORIGINAL FRONT
By Mauro Stemberger, Italy
Photos courtesy Italianbonsaidream.com
n November 2013 when I was invited by my friend, bonsai master Salvatore Liporace, to do an exhibition of
my work at his place in Milan, Studio Botanico, I saw this Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and it was love at first
sight. The tree had been skillfully cultivated for a few years since it was harvested from the wild in France.
The tree expresses a great character thanks to the sinuous curves of the trunk.
The plant had already undergone a repotting, eliminating and replacing the original soil and some work
to compact the vegetation was done before it was acquired, as is evident in the photos—very compact and
r
Iich areas of branching to work on.
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