Karl Thiel from Austria
Karl has captured the essence of Driftwood style Bonsai. The use of waterfall style foliage pads goes a long way to create the drama needed to do driftwood effectively. The use of foliage crossing the trunk has impact on my sense of the design. I like the background element as well, with vivid color, yet not overwhelming. Very nice.
Runner up; Old Mister Crow
OMC has also entered a very nicely done juniper. The lack of foliage crossing the trunk swayed my dicision, although I think this was close second.
The one thing missing from all the entrys in this class was the element of height. No one wished to put a decent crown on any of these entrys. I was very hopefull to see huge gushing canopys of dense green foliage, yet everyone took the austere approach.
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