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I got a hold of 20 years of back issues of "Ceramics Monthly". Bonsai pottery is my new mania. It is so funny that they have had this same running debate in ceramics through the years.

To boil it down they ALL consider themselves artists. It's a given. But, they classify themselves as amateur or professional.

I quote a bonsai hero of mine, Dennis Makashima who said at bonsaiathon that "we are all bonsai amateurs and are learning together".

As I said last night on Bonsai chat, I just do bonsai, that's all.

I am an amateur,

13-Jul-2003	#22
Bonsainut Carrier of Bonsai Fever Join Date: Oct-2001 Location: So-Cal, US of A Country: America The Beautiful USDA Zone: Zone 9-10 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,833	I got a hold of 20 years of back issues of "Ceramics Monthly". Bonsai pottery is my new mania. It is so funny that they have had this same running debate in ceramics through the years. To boil it down they ALL consider themselves artists. It's a given. But, they classify themselves as amateur or professional. I quote a bonsai hero of mine, Dennis Makashima who said at bonsaiathon that "we are all bonsai amateurs and are learning together". As I said last night on Bonsai chat, I just do bonsai, that's all. I am an amateur, __________________ Keep growing,---'Nut Lethal Use of Farce