Esprit Bonsai International – August 2019

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E.B.I.:Doyouhavefutureprojectsin
mind?
D.B.:Routineboresme.Myheadissee-
thingwithideasthatcanberealised
thankstothesupportofmywonderful
team. Inthelong-term,I hopeI cangive
a newdimensiontobonsaiinthewestern
world–oneofthoseimpossibleprojects,
whichlifehasneverthelessprovedtome
asbeingachievableif oneiscrazyenough!
Intheshort-term,I havesetupa collabo-
rativeandinnovativeprojectforTANTAI
(TheAlavesaBonsaiAssociationinSpain),
whichistoexhibita singularandveryper-
sonalselectionofmytrees,inlinewith
myconceptionofbonsaiandmypercep-
tionofnature,awayfromtheformalismof
Europeanbonsaiexhibitions.

E.B.I.:Doesthismeanyouenvisage
otherexhibitionlocationsforbonsai
thantheusualvenues?
D.B.:I thinkthatbonsaimustbetakenout
of the cupboard. There are good artists
whose work is worthy of being displayed in
locations dedicated to art – in large, pres-
tigious European museums, for example.
I  could easily see my trees there ... �

DavidBenavente

EstudiodeBonsái

C/Navamora5,

28260 GalapagarMadrid,Spain

Tel:+34 918586698

Email:[email protected]

Website:www.davidbenavente.com

Facebook: David Benavente

Estudio de Bonsai

A devotee of ishizuki, David Benavente has grown a

Scots pine over a Japanese stone from Kurama, which

is accompanied by quince, rose bushes and fern.

Underanarbour:

Juniperuschinensis

‘Itoigawa’ina Senshupot.

Height: 57 cm(22½in.);

width: 50 (19¾ in.)

This Taxus baccata (Yew) also called
“balconywitha view”,isthefirst
bonsaiofthisspeciestobeclassified
inSpain.PotbyKeizan.Height: 72 cm
(28⅜ in.); width: 90 cm (35½in.)