The Book Of Pebbles

Author: Christopher Stocks; Angie Lewin

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  • : $25.00 AUD
  • : 9780500023754
  • : Thames & Hudson, Limited
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  • : May 2020
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  • : Christopher Stocks; Angie Lewin
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  • : Paperback
  • : 2006
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  • : English
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Barcode 9780500023754
9780500023754

Description

Staff notes: There's something really lovely about a book that celebrates the unassuming and the overlooked. This is one such book: a beautifully produced ode to the pebble. Christopher Stocks traces the pebble through geology, art, literature and history, gathering together instances where pebbles have inspired and delighted. Complementing the short essays by Stocks is artwork of Angie Lewin whose linocut prints of the natural world leap off the page. The production of this book is just gorgeous as well - thick, textured paper that feels good and weighty in the hand, just like a pebble!


Why do we pick up pebbles on the beach? What is it we see in them, and why do we take them home to display on our shelves? Is it their inherent beauty, their infinite variation, or simply their associations with a happy time and place? In this book - part social history and part practical guide - writer and pebble collector Christopher Stocks unearths the sometimes surprising story of our love-affair with pebbles, and considers how the way we see them today has been influenced over the years by artists, authors and even archaeologists. Printmaker Angie Lewin is widely admired for her alluringly stylish images of the natural world. She celebrates the experience of walking and sketching along the British coastline, often incorporating pebbles in her limited edition prints and paintings. Many of these feature in the book alongside a series of new images.