Joshua Roth New Talent Contest: Peter Tea of San Jose, California declared the Best New Bonsai Talent of 2009

摘要

The Joshua Roth New Talent Bonsai Competition, for those participating in bonsai for less than ten years and traditionally held at an American Bonsai Society Learning Symposium, was held at the 2009 Golden State Bonsai Federation Convention in Riverside, California. The daylong design and styling session began at 8:00 am and continued until 5:00 pm. Convention participants watched as the competitors initially viewed the untrained junipers and returned several times during the day to watch the final design take shape. The seven competition finalists pruned and wired to create their vision of the bonsai within the plant. No repotting takes place during the competition so the trees and the artist's skill are judged only by the wiring and pruning to create the design. It wasn't meant to be a competition between the two coasts of the U.S. but five competitors make their homes on the west coast two on the east coast.