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10 This California desert
stone is displayed in a vessel
manufactured by the Shawnee
Pottery Company in Zanesville,
Ohio.
11 This stone was not only
collected in the desert, but
suggests a desert landscape
feature, the mesa. Wild Horse
Mesa, Panamint Valley, Cali-
fornia. The American Viewing
Stone Resource Center, Jim &
Alice Greaves Collection.
12 Scholar Rock, Lake Huron,
(36” H). Bronze base by Rick
Stiles, inspired by Dale Chihuly
Native American basket series.
Stiles-Liang Stone Collection
13 Mountain Stone, Prince-
of-Wales, BC, Canada. Bronze
daiza by Rick Stiles, Stiles-Liang
Stone Collection

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Sustenance, in the form of innovation grounded in
an understanding of past, is essential to the continued
viability of any traditional practice. How then, might
we take what we’ve learned about viewing stone ap-
preciation in China and Japan and put it to use here
in North America in the 21st century?
If we hunt for stones in the field we inevitably develop
a familiarity with regional geology. The challenge is to
move beyond the precedents established by Chinese
and Japanese collectors and search out stones that
are representative of local geology and informed by
a contemporary aesthetic. Recent exhibitions of des-
ert viewing stones in Southern California, excellent
exhibits in the Pacific Northwest of stones from that
region, presentations in Denver of Rocky Mountain
stones, and displays of eastern U.S. stones in Wash-
ington, D.C. are all models for this. Expanding the
criteria for collectable stones and considering urban
resources (such as building supply yards) as well as
wilderness areas as sites for collection are good places
to start.
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