Rittoo, winter begins

by Mrs. Daniela Schifano

November 6th and 7th 2010, San Giorgio in Cremano (Naples)

"The winter rises", these two Kanji indicate. It is '"Rittoo", so in Japan is called the season which according to the lunar calendar begins on the 7th-8th of November.

And these days, under a not really wintry, but warm and almost summer sun, the Second National Exhibition Kokoro-no Bonsai Ten, organized by the Naples Bonsai Club took place in St. George in Cremano.

Bonsai Exhibition of soul, mind and heart, this is the leitmotif of the event, which we find in the words of President Mr. Antonio Acampora: "The bonsai allows us to get in tune with the laws of nature, with a living tree, what the Japanese masters call spirit and perhaps this is the spirit, the heart (kokoro) that the bonsai suggests. "
From such assumptions and feelings originated a show full of teaching, with the classical bonsai demos and presentations, with the live working of a daiza for suiseki lovers, with the market, the elegant wide exhibition spaces, the gala dinner and awards, the Neapolitan hospitality and friendship. But I think that the presents’ heart was touched by a unique moment, when by the hands of Mr. Tiberio Gracco we literally saw a pot 'grow', born from the earth like the bonsai it will host. Delicate hands, those of Tiberio, but professional and firm, that know how to work to transform a rectangle of clay into an art object.


Saturday morning Demonstrations and Mr. Marco Tarozzo’s conference.	Mr. Fabrizio Buccini builds a daiza, explaining all the details of making step by step	Before starting Mr.Tiberio Gracco describes the project, the materials and tools


The irreplaceable, priceless Mr. Carlo Scafuri, in the stand of reception of Naples Forum Bonsai Club	The pots of Mr. Tiberio Gracco : a thousand forms, many colors, thousands of temptations!	Mr. Fabrizio Buccini among his suiseki: every occasion is ok to make teaching

The exhibited Suiseki were 14, including 4 out of competition belonging to the judges of the event: Mr.Fabrizio Buccini was called to select the best three suiseki, while Mr. Vito Di Venere, as A.I.A.S. secretary and I.B.S. instructor, awarded the plates for these two associations. Eventually Mr. Carlo Scafuri assigned the prize “Bonsai Suiseki Magazine Plate”.

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