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Crespi Cup 2010

 

Crespi Suiseki Cup 2010 10th to 19th September

All suiseki collectors can take part to the Crespi Suiseki Cup 2010.
Everyone of them can be present as an individual participant or as a member of a club or an association.
No more than 50 suisekis will be appreciated in this exhibition. The prizes offered for Crespi Suiseki Cup 2010 consist of:
a voucher for the amount of 1.000,00 € for purchases in the Crespi Bonsai shop; the Crespi Suiseki Cup.

Regulation

Send a photo of your suiseki and specify its height, width, depth, length and classification - together with name, surname, full address, phone no. and e-mail of the owner - to Crespi Bonsai - Crespi Suiseki Cup 2010 - postal address: Corso Sempione 35, 20015 Parabiago (Mi) - Italy - electronic address: crespicup@crespibonsai.it - within 30th June 2010 (the postmark will be considered).
A pre-selecting jury, whose judgement is unquestionable, will select the best 50 stones among the received photos.
A written notice will be sent to the owners of the suiseki selected for the exhibition.
The owners of the suiseki have to entrust their stones to the exhibition place (Crespi Bonsai, Corso Sempione 35, 20015 Parabiago, Milan, Italy), from 5th to 9th September 2010, during the working hours (from 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 2.30 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.; Sunday: from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.; Monday: from 2.30 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.).
The suiseki will be displayed without any owner's reference.
A jury consisting of international experts will select the most beautiful suiseki, whose owner receives a voucher for the amount of 1.000,00 € for purchases in the Crespi Bonsai shop as well as the prestigious Crespi Suiseki Cup.
Crespi Bonsai will make any effort to maintain the entrusted suiseki in good conditions.
The participation in the exhibition is absolutely free of charge.

Aut. Min. Req.

Registration in the competition

For the registration in the competition it is necessary to use the proper registration form you can find on the page "Registration on-line" and then send the photo of the plant as an enclosure by e-mail to the address you will find on the e-mail of automatic reception confirmation or, as an alternative, to use the registration form that you can find on the page "Registration form", to be printed and sent by post.


For information

CRESPI BONSAI - Corso Sempione, 35 - 20015 Parabiago (Mi) ITALY
Tel. 0039 0331 491850 Fax 0039 0331 559410

crespicup@crespibonsai.it

 

Under the patronage of

Consolato Generale del Giappone

Istituto Giapponese di Cultura

Nippon Bonsai Sakka Kyookai Europe

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Consolato Generale
del Giappone

Istituto Giapponese
di Cultura

Nippon Bonsai
Sakka Kyookai Europe

Bonsai Club
International

Special guests

Kentaro Shino at the age of 18, after the high school, he started the usual 5 year apprenticeship with a bonsai master and at the age of 24 he founded his own garden, the Tamaju-en. Last year one of his masterpieces, a Camellia, gained the Kokufu Exhibition prize, being the first Camellia bonsai that received the prize, in 83 editions!

Masakuni Kawasumi III took over the chair of the famous bonsai tool factory after his father’s death in 2002. Among his last recognitions the Grand Prize given by the Kawaguchi City Industrial Engineers and Technicians Association in 1998 and, in the same year, the official appointment as Tree Doctor obtained by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Nobuyuki Kajiwara has been teaching bonsai art in Italy at the Crespi Bonsai University since its establishment in 1992 and he takes care of the development of the Crespi Bonsai Museum masterpieces. He regularly gives lectures and courses in various European and non-European countries, where he also takes care of important bonsai collections. His sensible approach to bonsai trees is the result of the long experience gained in different geographic conditions and of his great respect for nature.

Willi Benz has played a major part in popularizing the art of suiseki in his native Germany and throughout Europe. He established the German Suiseki Society and the German Bonsai Club. In addition, he is member of Bonsai Club International - proving his devotion to yet another popular Oriental art. He wrote a number of books about suiseki and bonsai. He gives many conferences all over the world.

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