Suiseki

["Anton Nijhuis" <zach1@zzzzzzzzz>]

Well I have been lurking here for awhile and really enjoy this list, my
main interest is suiseki. I live on Vancouver Island and I own several
limestone and marble quarries. The quarries are in Karst and Karren
topographies and with careful digging I find beautifully naturally
shaped limestone and marble 'scholar stones'. There is quite a process
to cleaning these stones properly and I learned a few tricks off of this
list.

Some stones I cut with a saw in order for them to fit into a carved
wooden base, cutting a stone is accepted but a cut stone is not as
valuable is an uncut one. I used to have a web page but now I sell all
of what I produce on Ebay.
The suiseki and artist are all one, the key is the presentation of the
stone as suiseki. A suiseki without a stand, base or container is just a
stone. A stone does not become a suiseki unless it is presented as such.
Suiseki itself gets broken down into many many categories and
sub-categories. The two main are landscape stones and object stones.
Landscape stones are natural stones that represent natural landscapes
and are used as an accent with a Bonsai, a scroll (picture) to complete
an artistic display.
Anton Nijhuis

-----Original Message-----
 From: Charles Kibby [ckibby@-----------]
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 5:04 PM
Subject: [stone] Re: Suiseki