Stones with holes or suggesting animals

A few stones from the latest Potomac Viewing Stone Group (PVSG) meeting at the US National Arboretum:

Recently obtained in Korea...





Collected locally-- four-sided bog iron ~17"/43cm tall...



From Japan (elaborate calligraphy on kiriwood box)...



From Arizona...

that top one is stunning and reminds me of the driftwood and steel marriages i used to do when i had my art studio...



https://www.etsy.com/listing/15189541/long-billed-saw-fish?ref=shop_home_active_1

https://www.etsy.com/transaction/6424496?

Your art studio work is stunning & surprising, Kevin. Using found/salvaged objects lightly enhanced to as part of the construction of complete art works. The material parts have a resonance of their own apart from the assemblage. Our found stones are more humble & lacking in craft with the exception of their mounting.