cheese it, the cops!

a little gallery of suiseki, the japanese art form in which unaltered stones represent or encapsulate mountains or landscapes. these are collected in my immediate area in adams county pa. 

 

 

 

fujistone and hokusai 2

 

suiseki 'view of fuji,' collected in latimore township pa. (unaltered natural stone)

hokusai

cream quartz peak

5.5 inches across. collected in adams county, pa. the underside of the same stone:

cliff and plateau

collected in east tennessee. double-click.

red mountain under snow

4.5 inches across; collected in east tennessee. double-click.

this one

clouds encroaching on a high plain, perhaps? anyway, a lovely stone.

7 inches across; collected in adams county, pa.

 

suiseki yin yang

stones collected in adams county, pa.

landscape altered by orogeny

[reference is to n.k. jemison's broken earth. collected in tennessee. double-click.]

range with crystal cave

 

[collected near gatlinburg, tn. i might do a stone every day for a bit? double-click.]

mountain with cliff dwellings

collected in eastern tennessee. about 10" wide.

road trip!

new orleans. i'ma leave you with this:

 

been on a collecting jag before winter.

keep on rockin me baby

coupla more. +six names of beauty.

 

above the snowline

again, suiseki is a traditional japanese art in which unaltered (but carefully caressed) natural stones are displayed, often representing mountains or landscapes: not by picturing but by 'encapsulation.' here is the same stone flipped over, believe it or not.

it's a little one: about 5in wide.

white suiseki with natural bridge

 

 

very small mountain

 

 

 

[collected in latimore township, 10/16. about 8 in wide, 3.5 high. double-click.]

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quartz range

collected in the latimore creek. about 8" lefft to right, 4" deep, 3" tall.

waterway

sugar mountain

 

 

massive quartz peak with h2o system and caverns. 8 inches wide. collected in latimore township, pa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

terrain stone 2

 

collected at seneca lake, ny. this is some version of suiseki.

terrain stone with terraced hills

 

collected at seneca lake, ny. about 18x13", half an inch deep.