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Josie Iselin Margaret W. Carruthers

Beach Stones

Josie Iselin,  Margaret W. Carruthers

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English
Harry N Abrams
09 May 2006
Photographs: collections; Mathematics & Sciences; Rocks, minerals & fossils
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.
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Imprint:   Harry N Abrams
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 184mm,  Width: 187mm,  Spine: 16mm
Weight:   470g
ISBN:   9780810955332
ISBN 10:   0810955334
Pages:   144
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Josephine Lea Iselin is a photographer and installation artist. She has exhibited at The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts amongst others. She has a BA from Harvard and an MFA from San Francisco State. Her next book for Abrams will be Leaves. Margaret W. Carruthers is the author of numerous Earth science books, including Pioneers of Geology: Discovering Earth's Secrets and Tsunamis. She holds a B.S. in Natural Resources from the University of the South and an M.S. in Geology from the University of Massachusetts - Amherst.

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