Tabletop Rock Art

Tabletop Rock Art: I had a real hard time trying to come up with a category name to classify these works of art and I'm still not sure if I like it. I went from 'rock paperweights' to 'rock still life's' to Tabletop Rock Art series. Still life art can be any commonplace inanimate object that is purposefully arranged to emphasize texture, color, and composition. Having little to no knowledge about rocks in general, I just began picking up a variety of specimens during my weekly hikes whose characteristics (unique shapes, colors and textures) appealed to me. Over time they began to “pile up”, occupying more and more space in our den. When my wife started referring to them as "clutter", I knew I had to either come up with some type of creative use or begin discarding them. The more I looked at them, the more I began to realize that arranging common colors, types, shapes and textures together provided some very interesting compositions that resulted in some visually pleasing still-life's. Finally, I began the process of arranging and gluing them together to create the still life's found below. Whether you use them as paper weights, decorative end table art, mantle decorations or door stops, they make will make an added conversation piece to any room. I now have nine or ten of these still life's, some containing up to 12 individual rock pieces. Here is a list of these pieces:

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Rock Still Life #001 - Striking Distance
Rock Still Life #006 - Crustose Lichens
Rock Still Life #005 - The Wash
Rock Still Life #004 - Malachite Tailings
Rock Still Life #003 - Lightening Strike
Rock Still Life #002 - Hidden Gold
Rock Still Life #001 - The Sands of Time