Abrams - Beach Stones - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Walking along the water's edge who among us has not stopped to admire the evocatively patterned shaped and multihued stones that beckon? Fun to collect and free for the taking beach stones are objects of contemplation beauty and sentiment. This exquisite volume at once a gorgeous art book and a nature guide presents more than 200 exceptional stones from around the world and describes the fascinating natural processes that produced them. Photographer and installation artist Josie Iselin who uses a flatbed scanner to generate her imagery has arranged these stones with great artistry and nature writer Margaret Carruthers yields their secrets revealing for instance that a pebble from Maine was created 400 million years ago during the birth of a great mountain range. Art lovers and beachcombing spirits everywhere will cherish this gift book.
Title: Beach Stones
Brand: Abrams
Barcode: 9780810955332
Pages: 144 Pages, 85 Full-Colour Illustrations,
Publication Date: 5/1/2006
Category: Rocks, Minerals & Fossils