Beach Stones
Photographs by Josephine Lea Iselin
Text by Margaret Carruthers
Leaves and Pods coming in Fall 2006:
Spring 2006
Abrams Books
$17.95
to order: www.abramsbooks.com
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.
To purchase original prints, please contact Josie directly at www.josieiselin.com
