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8PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE:
This year has been extremely educational for our members. Not only did we have John Wall last month sharing his knowledge of preparing trees for shows and photography, we had club member, Dan Bennett educating our club on how to build the right bonsai stand for your trees. After the meeting, I received over a dozen emails thanking us for bringing in John Wall. Members expounded on the amount of information, tips, insight they were able to take away after the meeting. John's passion for bonsai was infectious and highly motivating. Who knew a man who lives on a diet of Mountain Dew and Beef Jerky could be so knowledgable on the art of bonsai. (sorry John, I had to)
This month guest, Jennifer Price, is going to hold a demonstration you will not want to miss. I've met her at multiple shows and have always left inspired and motivated by her wealth of bonsai knowledge. Arrive early!
Michael Corbeille / President [email protected] 248 250 3602
Folks we are elated to have Jennifer Price in from Chicago for a very special meeting. She is driving in from Chicago for only one day to share her bonsai knowledge and experiences with our club. Jennifer is a rising star in bonsai and has been a student and personal assistant to bonsai legend, Walter Pall. She has been traveling the globe conducting workshops, lectures, and teaching new and experienced bonsai artists her techniques.
Jennifer Price will be educating our club on best practices with carving bonsai and creating dynamic Jin and Shari. Bring your protective eyewear, we will be doing some heaving carving on trees big and small. Members are asked to bring in a tree they would like to have Jennifer work on or give advice for future carving at home. If you don't, no worries, we will have trees.
Bring in your tools! Jennifer will come prepared, however, you may be motivated to work on your trees. As always bring a tree, bring a friend and arrive early to help us set up and start on time.
BRING ONE ITEM FOR THE RAFFLE THIS MEETING!
JUNE 24TH AT BORDINES NURSERY1:00 START TIME!12:30 MEETING SET UP ( ARRIVE EARLY )
1:00 EVENT DISCUSSION AND BONSAI UPDATES
1:15 JENNIFER PRICE CARVING DEMO AND LECTURE
3:15 TREE REVIEW Q & A
3:30 MEETING FINALE
JENNIFER PRICE GUEST ARTIST
FOUR SEASONS BONSAI CLUBof MICHIGAN
JUNE 24th 2018 www.fourseasonsbonsai.com
JENNIFER PRICE - Special Guest ArtistJennifer Price calls herself a "bonsai artist in training" a former ballerina, pilates instructor and a border collie lover. Obviously, her talents run far beyond bonsai. As started earlier, she has traveled abroad with Walter Pall (here in October!) Jim Doyle and recently worked with Jan Culek.
After talking with Jennifer, she asked "what type of demonstration hasn't your club conducted in a while?" Great question with a simple answer, CARVING! Multiple club members and our board has been discussed improving their knowledge of this important technique. A skill that will prove invaluable for improving our trees for presentation and shows. Be sure to check out these YOUTUBE links of Jennifer at work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcZ4bzolDBQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDQnxNkjP2w
CARVING. DEADWOOD. JIN and SHARI CREATING DEADWOOD ON BONSAI, IN THE FORM OF JIN OR SHARI, CAN ENHANCE THE TREE'S CHARACTER SIGNIFICANTLY. A "JIN" IS A BARE-STRIPPED PART OF BRANCH AND A "SHARI" IS A BARKLESS PART OF TRUNK - Bonsai Empire
In nature, deadwood is created when a tree is hit by lightning, exposed to sustained periods of drought or when branches snap due to ice stress, wind or weight of snow. The wood dies off and is bleached by intense sunlight.
This technique is almost exclusively used on evergreen trees, as creating Jin or Shari on deciduous trees often looks unrealistic (deadwood on a deciduous tree often rots away over time).
WHEN?The best time to create deadwood is the early spring or late summer.
HOW TO CREATE DEADWOOD ON BONSAI TREES?Creating a natural looking Jin or Shari requires experience; practice before applying the technique to valuable trees. Using the right Bonsai tools is important; use Jin pliers, graving tools and Lime sulfur, available at most (online) Bonsai shops.
CREATING A JIN ON BONSAIRemove the bark from the branch, so only the hardwood remains. Using Jin pliers, pull away slithers of wood and cut them off at the end of the desired Jin. When the basic shape of the Jin is ready round off sharp edges, using either a concave cutter or some sandpaper. If possible, bleach the Jin and prevent it from rotting, by "painting” it with Lime sulfur. This will take a night to dry out properly.
An example of Jin.
An example of Jin.
CREATING SHARI ON A BONSAI?Choosing the right spot for a Shari, not only one that looks good but also doesn’t cut off an es-sential stream of nutrients for branches located higher in the tree, is very difficult. Before you start removing bark, draw the desired shape of the Shari on the trunk with chalk. Do not take any risk and spread out the process of creating a Shari over the course of several months, if not years; start with a narrow strip of bark which you can widen in stages. Cut through the bark with a sharp knife and tear it down using Jin pliers. Once the desired shape is ready you can slightly hollow the trunk using a Concave cutter or graving tools. Now bleach the Shari part by “painting” it with Lime sulfur, which will protect the Bonsai tree against infections as well.
CREATING JIN AND SHARI STEP BY STEP.
TOOLS FOR CARVING, JIN AND SHARI.1. JIN PLIERS
2. BRANCH SPLITTERS
3. DRILL AND BITS ( BONSAI NIBBLERS - MILLING CUTTERS AND BURRS)
4. DREMEL. SIZE BASED ON THE JOB.
5. SANDPAPER. BRUSHES. PROTECTIVE GLASSES.
2018 OFFICERS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS
President.................Michael Corbeille [email protected]
Vice-President ........Lynn Irish ................................ [email protected]
Secretary ................Rick Marsh ................................ [email protected]
Treasurers ..............Beth Rubinstein (248)752-6258 [email protected]
Newsletter ...............Michael Corbeille [email protected]
Website ...................Cate Horn (248) 979-2254 [email protected]
Social Director ........Position is Open
Director, 2-Yr. Term .. John Stevens [email protected]
Director, 2-Yr. Term .. Chris Kehrig [email protected]
Director, 2-Yr. Term .. Tom Kravchenko [email protected]
Director, 1-Yr. Term .. Rick Bieniek [email protected]
Catering, 1-Yr. Term .Judy Muensch [email protected]
POSITIONS ARE OPEN. PLEASE EMAIL US IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN THE BOARD. EXPERIENCE ISN'T NECESSARY. JUST PASSION FOR BONSAI.
FOU
R SE
ASON
S BO
NSAI
CLU
B
Sund
ay, J
UNE
24th
JENN
IFER
PRI
CE C
ARVI
NG T
ECHN
IQUE
S 12
-4pm
* Bo
rdin
es N
urse
ry, R
oche
ster
Hill
s
Jenn
ifer
Pric
e w
ill c
ondu
ct a
live
dem
o on
ad
vanc
ed c
arvi
ng te
chni
ques
and
sha
re s
torie
s on
he
r tim
e sp
ent s
tudy
ing
and
wor
king
with
bon
sai
lege
nd, W
alte
r Pa
ll. S
he is
com
ing
in fr
om C
hica
go
just
for
our
mee
ting.
We
are
star
ting
an h
our
early
.
Sund
ay, J
ULY
22nd
Kurt
Sm
ith &
Lar
ge tr
ee s
tylin
g de
mo.
1-4p
m B
ordi
nes
Nur
sery
, Roc
hest
er H
ills
Ku
rt S
mith
, the
ow
ner
of th
e Fl
ower
Mar
ket,
is ba
ck
with
ano
ther
pre
sent
atio
n. P
lus,
exp
erie
nced
clu
b m
embe
rs w
ill b
e st
ylin
g a
larg
e tre
e in
fron
t of t
he
entir
e cl
ub. W
iring
, car
ving
and
pro
per
tech
niqu
es
in la
rge
bran
ch b
endi
ng. T
his
tree
will
be
ente
red
in o
ur a
nnua
l sho
w r
affle
. BYO
B is
enco
urag
ed.
SATU
RDAY
& S
UNDA
Y AU
GUST
11t
h -1
2th
45th
ANN
UAL
BONS
AI S
HOW
!!!
9am
-7:0
0 Sa
turd
ay. 9
am -
4pm
Sun
day
Bord
ines
Nur
sery
, Roc
hest
er H
ills
Com
e se
e in
cred
ible
bon
sai t
rees
on
disp
lay,
live
de
mos
, wor
ksho
ps a
nd b
onsa
i tre
es fo
r sa
le.
We
are
exci
ted
to h
ave
the
form
er c
urat
or o
f the
N
atio
nal B
onsa
i Mus
eum
, Jac
k Su
stic
, as
our
judg
e.
Live
dem
os a
nd b
egin
ner
wor
ksho
ps, r
affle
s an
d m
ore
Jack
Sus
tic w
ill b
e co
nduc
ting
a sp
ecia
l w
orks
hop
and
criti
que
of a
ll th
e tre
es.
Sund
ay, S
epte
mbe
r 23
rdBO
NSAI
AUC
TION
11
-4pm
* Bo
rdin
es N
urse
ry, R
oche
ster
Hill
s
A m
assiv
e co
llect
ion
of b
onsa
i tre
es a
nd b
onsa
i re
late
d ite
ms
will
be
auct
ione
d to
clu
b m
embe
rs.
A m
ust a
ttend
for
all l
evel
s of
bon
sai a
rtist
s.
Mem
bers
are
ask
ed to
com
e ea
rly a
nd r
egist
er
thei
r ite
ms.
We
will
be
send
ing
entr
y fo
rms
and
sale
s in
form
atio
n pr
ior
to th
e au
ctio
n. T
his
even
t w
ill s
tart
ear
lier
than
pre
viou
s m
eetin
gs a
nd w
ill
be a
cat
ered
eve
nt.
Mon
day
- Tue
sday
Oct
ober
8-9
th
WAL
TER
PALL
SPE
CIAL
EVE
NT (t
imes
tbd)
Bord
ines
Nur
sery
, Roc
hest
er H
ills
We
have
bon
sai l
egen
d W
alte
r Pa
ll fo
r tw
o da
ys!!
Mon
day
will
be
paid
wor
ksho
ps a
nd T
uesd
ay
Wal
ter
will
del
iver
his
bons
ai in
spira
tion
open
to
club
mem
bers
. Be
sure
to s
ign
up e
arly
, brin
g in
a
tree
to h
ave
eval
uate
d. S
pots
will
fill
imm
edia
tely
.
Sund
ay, O
CTOB
ER 2
1st
BONS
AI F
OR K
IDS
and
BEGI
NNER
S1-
4pm
Bor
dine
s N
urse
ry, R
oche
ster
Hill
sA
new
idea
we
are
goin
g to
try.
Brin
g yo
ur k
ids
to
the
club
day
. Our
cha
nce
to g
et n
ew fa
ces
and
the
oppo
rtun
ity to
dev
elop
new
bon
sai a
rtist
s.
Sund
ay, N
OVEM
BER
18th
WIN
TER
PREP
ARAT
IONS
1-
4pm
Bor
dine
s N
urse
ry, R
oche
ster
Hill
sW
e w
ill d
iscus
s ho
w to
pre
pare
you
r tre
es fo
r th
e br
utal
Mic
higa
n w
inte
rs. B
uild
ing
cold
fram
es to
se
tting
up
grow
ligh
ts in
door
s fo
r tro
pica
l tre
es.
Satu
rday
, Dec
embe
r 9t
hHo
liday
Din
ner
6-8p
m C
afe
Sush
i, Tr
oy M
IA
ll cl
ub m
embe
rs a
nd fa
mily
are
invi
ted!
We
cele
brat
e ou
r 48
th y
ear
in b
onsa
i.
OF M
ICHI
GAN
Sund
ay, F
EBRU
ARY
25TH
FI
RST
MEE
TING
OF
THE
YEAR
1-4p
m B
ordi
nes
Nur
sery
, Roc
hest
er H
ills
Intro
duct
ion
to th
e ye
ars
even
ts a
nd s
ched
ule.
W
elco
me
to b
onsa
i for
new
mem
bers
& b
egin
ners
. M
icha
el C
orbe
ille
upda
te o
n cl
ub s
tatu
s an
d pl
ans
for
2018
. Cal
enda
r co
nfirm
atio
n. B
YOB
(brin
g in
yo
ur o
wn
bons
ai)
hand
s on
adv
ice
and
styl
ing.
Su
nday
, MAR
CH 2
5th
BONS
AI C
IRCU
S
1-4p
m B
ordi
nes
Nur
sery
, Roc
hest
er H
ills
N
ew to
bon
sai o
r ju
st lo
okin
g to
hon
e yo
ur s
kills
, do
nʼt m
iss th
is m
eetin
g! M
ultip
le m
embe
rs w
ill h
old
simul
tane
ous
wor
ksho
ps a
nd d
emos
on
a va
riety
bo
nsai
rel
ated
topi
cs g
eare
d to
war
d be
ginn
ers
thro
ugh
expe
rt le
vel b
onsa
i art
ists.
A m
ust a
ttend
!
Sund
ay, A
PRIL
29t
hBE
GINN
ER W
ORKS
HOP
& D
AN B
ENNE
TT S
TAND
S.
1-4p
m B
ordi
nes
Nur
sery
, Roc
hest
er H
ills
C
lub
mem
ber
and
mas
ter
craf
tsm
an, D
an B
enne
tt,
will
disc
uss
build
ing
and
disp
layi
ng s
tand
s. H
e w
ill
have
sta
nds
for
sale
. We
are
also
hol
ding
a p
rivat
e w
orks
hop
area
for
new
mem
bers
to b
ring
in a
tree
an
d le
arn
how
to s
tart
thei
r fir
st tr
ee. E
xper
ienc
ed
mem
bers
will
sha
re w
iring
and
sty
ling
tech
niqu
es.
Sund
ay, M
AY 2
0th
JOHN
WAL
L - S
HOW
PRE
PARA
TION
S12
-4pm
* Bo
rdin
es N
urse
ry, R
oche
ster
Hill
sJo
hn W
all,
our
show
judg
e fro
m la
st y
ear,
is ba
ck
by p
opul
ar d
eman
d. J
ohn
will
sha
re h
is ex
perie
nce
in p
repa
ring
bons
ai fo
r sh
ows.
Pop
ular
sub
ject
s of
st
ands
, wiri
ng, m
oss
and
prop
erly
disp
layi
ng y
our
bons
ai w
ill a
ll be
add
ress
ed. B
ring
in y
our
trees
.
ww
w.fo
urse
ason
sbon
sai.c
om
4se
ason
sbon
sai@
gmai
l.com
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TING
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T BO
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URSE
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HEST
ER R
OAD
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H •
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HEST
ER H
ILLS
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dar o
f Eve
ntsAll
even
ts ar
e ope
n to t
he pu
blic
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ting s
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earli
er tha
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