Friends of Japan“Pruning shears are the soul of the bonsai artist,” says Brose, attentively trimming a well-matured scots pine bonsai.Valentin BroseBorn in 1980 in Filderstadt, Germany. After working as a gardener in Germany for four years, Brose traveled to Japan in 2008. He studied as a bonsai apprentice at Shunkaen Bonsai Museum, Tokyo, for three years. Since returning home he has worked as a bonsai artist. Currently based in Germany, he travels across Europe showing and selling his bonsai and giving lectures.GERMANY28JAPANthe world, the Japanese art of bonsai has been gaining a new surge of popularity. Bonsai are plants grown in shallow containers using techniques of pruning and training to create artistic miniature trees that mimic nature. They began receiving a strong following in Europe in the 1970’s and 80’s. Valentin Brose remembers his first encounter as a boy growing up in his home country of Germany at a time of a bonsai boom. “When I was around 11 years old, I came across these little trees at a Christmas market; they were small enough to fit in your hand! I was enchanted by their perfectly-shaped universe.” Because of his great enthusiasm, he had several bonsai pot plants bought for him, but the plants withered and died due to his lack of GRASSROOTS AMBASSADOR Valentin Brose’s fascination with bonsai led him to study the art in Japan. This emerging German bonsai artist is now actively telling the world about the essence of bonsai.Enchanted by the Bonsai UniverseA round
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