Mr. Carlo Laghi relates about "Gonzaga 2011"

For the future we should let follow demonstrative live workshops to talks”.
I had written these words  during the report of the last edition , when , together with other old members "we tried invain to explain" the suiseki, the daiza and many whys and wherefores of this wonderful  and involving art  to the common public listening us.
 
 
No sooner said than done, thanks to technological supportssuch as computer and projectors, I could prepare a dia presentation  "making a present"  to the careful audience , tips, malices and secrets which only experience can give .  It has been possible to explain and to follow step by step , which category , what position to adopt, what daiza to make, which finishing  and which final display: this experience  has fully satisfied  me and the same I think for the attending public.
 
In addition to me, there were present the AIAS members  Attinà, Barduzzi, Bassi, Bonato, Castagnetti, Catrani, Colombari, Crema, Ducoli, Enny, Ferrari M., Fumagalli, Carlo e Cinzia Galli, Gardini, Gori, Maccaferri, Nikpal, Nuti, Piovanelli, Pondini, Queirolo, Rabitti, Rampazzo, Torsani, Valdifiori,Villa  let alone a representative  of the Castelfranco ABC Club  and of the Bresciani Enthusiasts, for a total of 30 members with about 70 displayed  stones in the A.I.A.S. sector.
 
 

When I have arrived, on Friday evening March 11th  and I entered in the Fair Pavillon  put at our disposal , on seeing the vastness of the environnements (3.000 sq.mts) I was wondering : how will we fill up all provided spaces ?

 
 

The expositive spaces

 
 

Some glimpes of the exhibit : the japanese garden and the vines pruned by bonsaits.

 
 
 
Mrs. Laura Redini (organizer as President of the Gonzaga Bonsai Club) had organized at better giving out the various tables  both to AIAS members , and to participating  Bonsai Clubs, reserving spaces  both to vendors, to the workshops  and very important  to the relief : we were widely  more than 100 people  with legs under  the tables  both on Saturday and Sunday ( for your info 30 were the Clubs/Association, 9 the attending vendors).
The huge  dinner party
 

Let's go on Saturday afternoon workshops . On Saturday  afternoon , before my lecture, Mr. Hong  and his daughter Miss Mi Yeun, who was acting as interpreter, has explained our suiseki with korean eyes , so comparing it with the korean Suseok.

 
 
 
Mr. Hong's lecture  and the careful public
 
Of my report I have already spoken , then the friends of the Gonzaga Bonsai Club have filled up with their workshops  on saturday afternoon until evening . On Sunday the demonstrations  have been carried out yet by members of hosting Club , after  the ikebana ( the art of making and presenting  floral compositions) has taken turn by author Mr. Cavallaro of the "Moro" Association ; and to finish  the workshop of a yamadori by Mr. Castagneri  and of Mr. Dario of Bonsai Time Club took place.
 
 
 

The friends of Gonzaga Bonsai Club at work

 

The workshop of a yamadori

 
 

The ikebana demonstration

  Mrs. Luciana Queirolo  withdraws  the plate for  the AIAS.
 
I cannot help reminding in addition to Mrs. Laura Redini , Frank, Chiara, Martino, Ettore , all other members  of the Gonzaga Club , of whom I do not remember  the names, thanking in my name and of all AIAS , for the great welcome received.
Finally  a thank you to the A.I.A.S. member  Mr. Roberto Rampazzo , who on Sunday early in the morning , has helped me to take photos of the whole exhibit of AIAS stones and not only.
It will be hard to improve and overcome this edition of Gonzaga Bonsai World..... but this is another story.
 
 
 
Carlo Laghi
 

From AIAS a warm welcome to new members :  Mr. Flavio Catrani, Mr. Remo Cavalli, Mr. Piero Torsani

 

The suiseki in display

 

Gianni Bonato
Ezio Piovanelli
 
   

Carlo Laghi
King Kong
Carlo Laghi
Masked  ball
 
   
   

Carlo Laghi
Horizons
Carlo Maria Galli
 
   
 

Carlo Maria Galli
Carlo Maria Galli
 
   
 

Cinzia Batignani
Cinzia Batignani
 
   
 

Cinzia Batignani
Amedeo Ducoli
Plain with reliefs
 
   
 

Amedeo Ducoli
Abstract stone
Amedeo Ducoli
On the Gottardo's paths
 
   
 

Cesare Fumagalli
Mario Crema
Cliff
 
   
 

Mario Crema
Physiognomy
Renzo Rabitti
Zephir
 
   
 

Renzo Rabitti
Geisha
Renzo Rabitti
 
   
 

Roberto Rampazzo
Pagode
Roberto Rampazzo
Giulio Gallo
 
   
 

Roberto Rampazzo
Primangelo Pondini
 
   

Primangelo Pondini
Gran Maman
Primangelo Pondini
The earth of the ancestors
 
   
 

Ulisse Maccaferri
Ulisse Maccaferri
 
   
 

Ulisse Maccaferri
Alberto Barduzzi
Mighty godfather
 
   

Alberto Barduzzi
Alberto Barduzzi
Autumn sun
 
   

Attilio Valdifiori
The Whale
Attilio Valdifiori
Without time
 
   

Attilio Valdifiori
Old man
Ettore Gardini
The time...  sun, water  and wind
 

Luciana Queirolo
The Cathedral
Luciana Queirolo
The quiet
   

Luciana Queirolo
It is spring time
Angelo Attinà
 
   

Mario Crema
Composition
Mario Ferrari
Bella Epoque
 
   

Mario Ferrari
Kinzan-seki
Mario Ferrari
Landscapes
 
   

Mr. Piero Torsani
Rock island
Mr. Piero Torsani
Lonely lookout
 
   

Mr. Piero Torsani
Madame
Mr Flavio Catrani
Pagode
 
   

Mr. Flavio Catrani
Shelter
Mr. Flavio Catrani
Under the clouds
 
   
 

Mr. Carlo Gori
The missing island
Mr. Carlo Gori
Life's  origin
 
   

Mr. Carlo Gori
Eagle on the summits
Mr. Gian Luigi Enny
The Loes doll
 
   

Mr. Felice Colombari
Mr. Felice Colombari
 
   

Mr. Felice Colombari
Mrs. Laura Redini
Figures
 
   

Mrs. Laura Redini
Landscapes