Beach Stones

by Margaret W. Carruthers, Margaret Carruthers

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.

Genres: Photography, Nature, Geology, Art

144 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2006

Reviews

[Karen Funfgeld · Rating 4 out of 5]

As someone who lives in a beach community and vacations by the ocean, I have always been fascinated by beach stones. I can never walk a beach without bringing some home in my pockets. Now I have a better understanding of their origin and evolution and the forces that make them so beautiful and unique.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeous images and interesting text about the rocks provenance.

[DelGal · Rating 4 out of 5]

a simple book about a simple item, rocks, but the reader will quickly realize how complex both book and rocks truly are. Great photos. I personally love collecting rocks from all of my travels and found the information provided identifying some of the quirky and beautiful rocks to be quite useful when attempting to identify ones from my own collection.

[Lee Regan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The photographer used a scanner to take the amazing beach stone images.

[Shirleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely inspiring photographs and background info on many different kinds of rocks found around the world.

[Trish · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unique book about one of my favorite pastimes ~ rock collecting.