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Mr Goya was trained by Mr. Naka to carry on his principles o bonsai in Caliornia. Frank resides in West LA and teamong many other places at Yamaguchis Nursery. Te nursery is still run by the amily even though Mister Yamaguchxcellent bonsai artist, has passed on.

Mr. Goya brought his assistant o 1 year Jaime and Jaimes amily came along. Mr. Goya said he liked saikei because it ery ast demonstration. No time or boredom watching a demonstrator wire. However the trees were already prepareired and trimmed. Te earth secured in a Gardena Nursery was ready as was the muck necessary to stabilize the ro

nd plants. Te Muck was made rom muddy clay and peat moss. All this took time beorehand. Te slab was preparede trees placed. Moss was applied and small groundcover and grasses planted.

Te saikei was admired and then raed. He brought a second saikei or the auction in August. Tanks to Yoko.

INSIDE As I See Itby Eric PercieldNaka Notesby Jack Reynolds Le Showby Dan Kashinsky

FRANK GOYA WITH ASSISTANTS AT SANSUI-KAI IN JUNE

Photos by Dave Willia

JULY 2013

FRANK GOYA

SAIKEI

aikei is a bonsai art orm o trees in andscape usually with a water eature.does not contain buildings or repre-ntations o people. We have had two

xcellent saikei demonstrations in thecent past. One was by Jim Barrett

nd the other Al Nelson and company.

July 10th Wednesday

7:30 Travis Goldstein

carving techniquedemo

August 14th Wednes-

day 7:30 Ted Matson

will lead a workshop.

Bring in tools and atree to work on

August 25th Sunday

BBQ and Auction.Donations requested

MR GOYAS ASSISAN JAIME CHAVARRIA, V CAM SCO AND MASON photo Dave Williams


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FRANK GOYAContinued from Page 1

What makes his saikei so outstanding? Like most bonsai it is aeveloped taste. But one likes what he sees right away. Tere iswow actor. For me the trees were prepared so that the oliage

was tight and as small as possible. Te tree styles were slanting

nd the branch distribution ollowed Mr. Nakas recommenda-ons to create a spiral rom the straighter branches on the lean-

ng side to the down pointing branches on the other. Te compo-tion was sophisticated and precise.

EFRESHMENSosh Miller

Mary atrol Lomanonja Koebler

W. Puck

As I See Itby Eric PercifeldSSK President

Happy Independence Day! Fireworks and BBQs kick o July with estive celebration. T

month we will be joined by ravis Goldstein, who will be leading a demonstration on carving techniques. Tis will beery inormative demo with lots o useul inormation that will help us rene and develop the detail on our trees. Te

material will be in the July rae! Please note that this month and or the rest o 2013, our meetings will be held on theECOND Wednesday o each month at 7:30 at the Sepulveda Garden Center (July meeting will be held on Wednesday0th).. Please update your calendars accordingly so you dont miss out on upcoming demos!June was eventul or Sansui-Kai, as we hosted our annual bonsai show in conjunction with the Los Angeles Cacti a

ucculent Society. Te show extended over two days, and had a great turnout! Tere were many plant related sale tablaes, auction, and lectures. I would like to extend a special thanks to Eric Rogger, Dan Kashinsky, Steve Riley, Yoko

Walter Zipusch, Sonja Kobler, Emma Janza, Josh Miler, Alan Loman, Mary atro, Dave Williams, Al Espinoza, Jack Rlds, Rick Naber, and Eric Percield or their donation o volunteer time, sale material, or show trees to help make ouhow special. I would also like to thank Cesario Perez and Mel Ikeda or their excellent demos during the show, and alrtie Chavez and LACSS or allowing us to be a part o their great event!Legendary John Naka student Frank Goya hosted our June demo with a Seikei, or natural landscape planting, using

uniper and other plants and stones. Te beautiul piece that Frank created was put in the rae, and lucky member Daashinsky went home with an excellent bonsai. Congratulations Dan! Frank also donated a smaller Seikei planting the sold in our August BBQ/Auction.Be sure to check the clubs Facebook page Steve Riley and Jason have been updating or the pics o the trees rom

how. https://www.acebook.com/SansuiKaiBonsai

FRANK GOYAS SAIKEI PIC BY DAVE WILLIAMS


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Your main concern this time o year shouldbe to careully tend your trees during the heat.

Rotate them everyweek or two. Hot pots can cook rootsso protect the pot by covering it withsphagnum moss or burlap or placea board over the surace o the pot toshade the soil and the side toward thesun. Set trees on the damp groundin the shade. Put up shade cloth onan overhead rame. Water overheadin the morning so as to dampen thebenches and surrounding ground. Tehigher humidity is good or the treesexcept or pines. Something I have

learned rom the scientic literatureon needle cast disease in pines is thathigh humidity promotes it so I spraymy pines inrequently. Junipers and deciduoustrees all seem to like a good wash o though.Fertilize everything. Remember re-quent dilute ertilizing is better than in-requent heavy applications. reescan be deoliated this month but notlater. Remember to remove all leavesand set the tree in a shady place ora couple o weeks until the newleaves are just beginning to pop. You

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Naka Notes - Lessons from a Master is Jack Reyn-olds collection of guidelines primarily from Sansui-

Kai founder and master John Nakas texts,Bonsai Techniques IandIImonthly care of your bonsai.

Naka NotesLessons from a Master

by Jack ReynoldsContributing Editor

should cut down on the water alsobecause without leaves there is little

transpiration and the soil will remaintoo wet. Flowering trees should haveany remaining buds removed and mosto the ruit. Leave a ew or all enjoy-ment but dont leave all the ruit onone branch. I you le ruit on the treelast year it might be a good idea tostrip it all o this year. Fruits are verytaxing to the tree.Dont transplant this month. Excep-tions are pomegranates, olives, bougain-

villeas, willow, and tamaris. Shapingo trees can go on as or June but you should

have already done your candle pruning onpines. Air and groundlayering can be donethis month. Check or insect pests. Woolyaphids might show up in any apple relative.Spider mites are always a potential prob-lem in junipers. Mealy bugs are al-ways a problem at our house. Spraywith a combination o malathion andVolk oil or malathion and Ultrane. Becareul to mix the spray according todirections or weaker. It is possible toburn trees with too strong an oil mix-ture. Dont spray anything in the sun.

Wait till sunset or move the tree into shade.

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Sansui-Kai is

dedicated to thelearning, useand teaching o the

horticulturetechniques and

artistic principlesneeded to grow,design and care

or bonsai. Regularmembership is $22 &

$27 or Families.

Administration

Eric PercifeldPresident

Josh MillerProgram Chair

Yoko Zipusch2nd Vice PresidentMembership Chair

Steve RileySecretary

Nathan Simmonsreasurer

Sonja KoblerRereshmentCommittees

Walter ZipuschBenet Drawing

Committee

Alan LomanLibrarian

Dan KashinskyEditor

Kai Wire

OfcersJack ReynoldsDenny RocheSonja Kobler

Rereshments Josh,

Mr. Mel Ikeda visited the Sepulveda Garden Center on an excellent June Sunday or our yearly show.His tree was a simple curved San Jose juniper that he had recently ound in a nursery. He had wiredthe branches beore coming so as to make the demo move along nicely.Mr. Ikeda has been in training rst with his ather Mr. Masayuki Ikeda who owned a bonsai nursery.Tis gave him the unique experience o growing up around Harry Hirao, Khan Komai and JohnNaka. He presently gives lessons in Gardena with Leila Kusumi.

He stresses taper in the trunk, the branches and the roots as a base or aesthetic design. He preerscutting o a larger non-tapering branch or jinning it and awaiting a more slender shoot o thebranch to mature so taper is created. Tis is the ability to see the tree in the uture. He believes thatit is difcult to live with a branch or trunk that does not taper and will always be an eyesore. Hestressed that the branches diameter and length must be in concordance with the size o the trunk soas not to diminish the trunk visually.Te branches were set up beautiully with an apex to the branch and oliage going out to a point. Hewanted the trunk exposed as much as possible to see the taper. Mr. Ikeda repotted the tree removingabout hal the root ball. He ound an area just under the trunk that was not allowing water in andloosened and replaced the soil.Te bonsai will be auctioned in August at the BBQ. Mr. Ikedas competence and generosity weremuch appreciated as he took time to look over the trees in the show or suggestions on improve-ment. Tanks to yoko or arranging the demo.

LE SHOWby Dan Kashinsky

MEL IKEDA SHOW

MEL

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