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Stephen Cullum


Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
About

Stephen Cullum has a professional technical and business background in Australia. He lives in Brisbane, Australia and has practised bonsai for close to 35 years, motivated by its meshing of art and science. He practises bonsai at a high level and is active amongst local bonsai societies in exhibitions, presentations, demonstrations, teaching and tutoring; keen to support others to find the benefits of a bonsai life.
Stephen is also a bonsai potter, enjoying another intersection of art and science. He started making his own pots in 2010, working in stoneware and formulating his own glazes. The blog which he started shortly after, generated wide interest and his pots are in the collections of the National Bonsai and Penjing Collection in Canberra and many bonsai practitioners around Australia. His blog which logs the journey of this ‘Happy Potter’, is followed by bonsai and ceramics enthusiasts around the world.