04 - Apprentice Talk & Bonsai Brainstorming with Julian Tsai & Andy Bello

In the fourth episode of the Bonsai Time Podcast, Ryan shares an old interview from May of 2020 with other noteworthy bonsai apprentices, Andy Bello of the US National Bonsai & Penjing Museum and Julian Tsai of Fujikawa Kouka-en Bonsai Nursery in Japan. Parts of this interview have already been released as a pilot test for what is now the Bonsai Time Podcast, however, in today's release of the full discussion, the latter half includes a never before heard bonsai brainstorm in which Andy, Julian, and Ryan offered ideas for trees which were submitted to us by our readers.

Video version available here: https://youtu.be/5fArTFhfmeA

Show notes with tree pictures available here: https://www.ry2tree2.com/2022/05/apprentice-talk-bonsai-brainstorming.html

See you in the next episode!

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Guest Info:

Find more of Julian's bonsai work and inquire about booking him for club demonstrations or for work on your collection through his social media and his blog.

www.instagram.com/bontsai_

www.facebook.com/bontsaitree

www.bontsai.com

https://www.fujikawakoukaen.com/

Andy's bonsai work can be found on his personal Instagram below as well as in blog posts at the US National Bonsai Foundation's website.

www.instagram.com/bellcraze

www.bonsai-nbf.org

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Podcast Info:

You can help keep the podcast going by supporting us on Anchor. All donations go back into the podcast such as for our web hosting, recording gear expenses, etc. Even $1/month would be a great help!

⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bonsaitimepodcast/support⁠

The Bonsai Time Podcast is hosted, edited, & produced by Kevin Faris and Ryan Huston. Learn more about the podcast at the links below. We expect to post new interviews and reflections monthly!
www.BonsaiTimePodcast.com
https://www.instagram.com/bonsaitimepodcast/
https://www.facebook.com/Bonsai-Time-Podcast-104034165522854

Your hosts can be found below:
https://www.instagram.com/kevin_farispnw/
https://www.instagram.com/ry2tree2/

Music by MIDICANCER. Find more music by them at the links below.
https://soundcloud.com/midicancer
https://midicancer.bandcamp.com/

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More Bonsai Projects by Ryan:

Read more about Ryan's bonsai blog below.
https://www.ry2tree2.com/

Find my bonsai seeds for sale here. Each seed kit sold comes with my full 10-year bonsai-from-seed guide.
https://www.ry2tree2.com/p/sales.html#Seeds

Find me on Facebook and Instagram as well if you need more bonsai in your feed.
https://www.facebook.com/Ry2Tree2/
https://www.instagram.com/ry2tree2/

Also, check out some of my video editing work for the Puget Sound Bonsai Association and Columbus Bonsai Society's demonstration archives below. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtYWnc5qvsHk1UPjcPhalIQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMUxTwUO5Ja2zXIRetMqjPQ