Posts Tagged ‘Sand to Stone and Back Again book’
Erosion’s collaborator for nature’s sandstone wonders
In 2014, scientists learned that sandstone landmarks like Utah’s Rainbow Bridge may have a simpler explanation than ever imagined. Gravity’s pressure may be the architecture for each sand structure.
Read MoreDiscover Tony Kuyper’s unforgettable sandstone portraits
In my book Sand to Stone and Back Again, Tony Kuyper captured the amazing photos of nature’s artworks. Tony hasn’t stopped photographing landscapes. Here’s a great retrospective of his other…
Read MoreSand in bottles? Andrew Clemens made mind-boggling art
Andrew Clemens, an Iowa deaf mute, knew his sands. He collected colored sands (42 in all) from his own state to arrange into bottles forming pictures. His few surviving artworks…
Read MoreA whole town made of sandstone?
Anyone who ever watched the cartoon The Flintstones knows that everything in the town was made of rock. How about Sandstone, Minnesota? Not quite. However, the town was named after…
Read MoreA candy cane you’ll never be able to eat
In Sand to Stone and Back Again, I loved sharing my discovery of candy-cane columns. These striped sandstone creations would have been popular in December! Peek at a festive formation found…
Read MoreMarveling at the mystery of sandstone
“From one grain of sand, I became a mountain.” Those words are part of my tribute to sandstone in Sand to Stone and Back Again. Beginning in the late 1800s,…
Read MoreMeet the Monument Valley ‘mittens’
Between the borders of Arizona and Utah, two wind-carved sculptures look like giant, matching mittens. The pair provided inspiration for Sand to Stone and Back Again. In fact, these buttes…
Read MoreCave paintings inspire in Sand to Stone and Back Again
In my canyons they built their homes, Painted pictures, carved messages, and left handprints. (from Sand to Stone and Back Again, page 6) Who were the cave painters. All men? Many…
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