2016.16.1

High Sierra

1997

5 in HIGH x 14.25 in WIDE x 8.5 in DEEP
(12.7 cm HIGH x 36.195 cm WIDE x 21.59 cm DEEP)

Gift of Polly, Robert, and Blair Gould

2016.16.1

exhibition history: Unearthed: Found + Made, December 12, 2015–April 24, 2016, Oakland Museum of California, Open Space 2

Tag words:

The artist made one single cut in this stone with a saw before setting it in the daiza (setting). Some suiseki artists will allow

for one cut to enhance the proportions and balance of the stone, which will then be hidden in the setting. Others

prefer not to make any cuts. Some people think of each stone as having a spirit, and believe that cutting the stone

may damage it.