Suiseki, The Japanese Art of Miniature Landscape Stones
Suiseki, The Japanese Art Of Miniature Landscape Stones, by Felix Rivera, Soft Cover, 190 pages, black & white illustrations. 16 pages in color. The text emphasizes collecting strategies including geology, aesthetics, stone classifications, and lists of sites and resources around the world. Mr. Rivera is the founder and an instructor of the California Suiseki Society. This book is the first to examine suiseki from a "western" perspective and is both a general introduction and a detailed reference.