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Igneous Ligneous Inosculations

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“Igneous Ligneous Inosculations” evokes an embrace of stones and wood: igneous referring to rock formed of cooled magma; ligneous meaning composed of or related to wood; inosculation being the entwining of trees or branches together, from the Latin osculare, to provide with a mouth or outlet—inosculation is arboreal kissing. The pages on this path record Pierre Jardin's various experiments in forging relations between rocks and wood, from setting stones on stumps to planting rocks in trees. As he discovered, he wasn't the first to have this idea....

Intimate relations between stone and wood occur through natural processes. Petrified wood is probably the best known example. This spectacular log in the Petrified Forest formed from a fallen tree buried in river sediment rich in silicon. This preserved the tree from decay, and then, as the silicon-rich water percolated through the log, the silicon combined with oxygen to form quartz crystals in the spaces in the tree tissues, forming permineralized fossils with minerals including amethyst, smoky quartz, rose quartz, and rock crystal quartz.

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  1. In the beginning ... a Word Paul A. Harris
  2. Rocking the Garden Paul A. Harris

Contents of this path:

  1. Urge 2 Merge
  2. Stumped Stones
  3. Stump Stone Pairings
  4. Planting Rocks in Trees
  5. Penone, Ideas of Stone
  6. Goldsworthy, Stone Coppice
  7. Stoned Tree
  8. The Third Eye

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