Black Basalt Material of KHÁNH VĨNH - Stone ...

Hi Hưng - Trần,
Thank you for showing us your amazing stones.
The stone you post here, evoke's for me a very old sleeping volcano.
The comforting rounded and inviting silky surface of the island does us forget the source of fire who's lying underneath it.
The fact of the placement of the crater lake, symmetrical in the middle, is for me esthetically less pleasing,
still it is for me a very attractive deep water pool stone.
The lake has the impression to be very deep, leading to the unknown.
regards, Sunip

Hi Hung Tran. Hi Sunip. ... I've enjoyed the stones and responses from Sunip. In this last one, I think it is not bad for the lake to be in the middle of the stone if its overflow across the front side of the stone is to one side or the other of the lake surface. The stone has a nice directional feel if it leans slightly favoring one direction for the water to flow over the front lip, but it would arguably not be as nice for suiseki appreciation if the overflow was indeterminable toward the left or right. It can be managed by leaning the stone left-to-right and front-to-back.

Alternatively, you can enjoy the stone at wherever its natural bottom allows placement which could allow overflow equally to the left or right. That would be a very natural appreciation fully embraced by shangshi or viewing stone landscape-view appreciation. Suiseki display involves knowledge of play (like the limits on the ball used for a game) that are sometimes explicit & other times very subtle. Subtle distinctions are a language which enthusiasts learn.

Neither suiseki nor scholar rock appreciation springs simply from confidence in your feeling... in builds through layers of understanding for everyone differently & resulting feeling arising from intellect as well as art.

Always, we should focus on respect for friends & appreciation of opportunity to glimpse their lives. It is extraordinary to share appreciation with a friend in Vietnam & another in Holland, shortly before rushing to a stone collecting trip with others in Virginia. I hope Hung Tran & Sunip are also, soon, somewhere on a river.

Hi Hung Tran.
I notice you show your beautiful stones in the similar setting of a light colored suiban
wich is lovely.
How would it be if some stones where placed in a darker suiban,
or a suiban filled with a bit darker sand?

Hi Chris,
Thanks, the overflow to the left makes indeed a essential difference.
I wish you a free mind on your collecting trip.
regards, Sunip

Hi Sunip... Thanks for the thoughtful wish of a free mind. It is what a collector cannot avoid if focused on stones at the bottom of a stream bed while wading. In Washington DC (closer to the collecting site than my home), the temperature was 97 degrees F & the heat index was 121 degrees F. While perspiring profusely standing in the stream at heights from our ankles to our chests, I do not think any of the Potomac Viewing Stone Group collectors noticed the heat. Perhaps, when near fully-immersed, we noticed the water's unusual warmth. And we noticed eyes burning or eyeglasses/goggles/facemasks staining from our own sweat. Everybody seemed to agree that being in the modesty flowing river was simply great.

I won't hijack Hung Tran's thread with photos. In fact, I've yet to unpack from my vehicle. I was last off the river, but a friend was waiting (thanks, Jim... it was VERY thoughtful!!!) to help me carry stones up a significantly steep river bank. There is nothing like sharing such days with stone buddies... :-)

Hello CHRIS COCHRANE ,
The things you have described is very exactly what I have to collect landscape - Stones ...
Many thanks for the articles that you was ( ? ) very throughtful guide me .
Best Regards ,
Hưng - Trần .

Hello SUNIP ,
You are understand the changes and progress of me in collecting Landscape - Stones .
Many thanks to you . Hopefully you are continue to share experience and critique the my stone ...
Sincerely ,
Hưng - Trần .

Hello IBC Forum - Member ,
Salute you ,
Some stones with material Basalte here i was found for my collection ...
Invite you to enjoy and please indicate comments and criticisms for them ...
Thank you .
Best Regards ,
Hưng - Trần .
_ Stone No 1 :

_ Stone No 2 :

_ Stone No 3 :

_ Stone No 4 :

_ Stone No 5 :

Hi Hưng - Trần,
Thanks for showing these fine stones.
Stone No 4 :

Lovely mountain ridge in the far distance,
from this side it looks like a seal.
Stone No 5 :

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This stone gives the feel of an eagle like fortress.
regards, Sunip

Hello IBC Foum ,
Hello Mr. Sunip ,
Excuse me because I was busy a lot of work should have delayed answering for you .
Next , invite you to enjoy and have opinion on stone following ( also material black Basalte )
_ Stone landscape description MOUNTAIN :
Photo 1 :

Photo 2 :

Thanks to you and IBC Forum Members .
Sincerely .
Hưng - Trần .

Hello IBC Forum Members ,
Salute you ,
I send to you continue ... Material Basalte with the categories especially :
_ Material Basalte plus metal ores : ( DRAGON image )

_ Material Basalte grain structure ( can see with the naked eye ) :
MOUNTAIN - Landscape :

CAVE - Landscape :

Invite you enjoy and Sharing for them ...
Thank you .
Sincerely ,
Hưng - Trần .

Hello IBC Forum - Members ,
Salute You ,
I send to you continue the other material Basalte :
Material with the arangement of particles ( tiny particles , microscopic particles ) close tightly and have no hales . And with this texture so we can used OIL or not without damaging the surface of the outer skin of stone ( skin rock ) , Often We used an OIL massage gently onto the stone and can make the stone look over ( nicer ) .
The stones here are for example :
_ Mountain No 1 :

_ Mountain No 2 :

_ Mountain No 3 :

Please thank your feedback article .
Best Regards ,
Hưng - Trần .

Hi Trantanhung

I like this stone very much....Did you carve the seat?...How big is the stone?.





Kind regards Yvonne

Hi Yvonne ,
The stone that you like it just wide with a hand sweep , the height of it with the middle finger of the hand , and an approximately 3 Kg . Others ( not me ) have carved wooden chair for this stone ( ...??? )
Thanks for your sharing ( candy ? )
Sincerely ,
Hưng - Trần .

Yes, candy

Hi Hưng - Trần.

This stone gives me the feeling of the hidden creatures only seen by the more sensitive people,
i also got the image of the mythical medusa head.
I understand the wood stand, but maybe a smaller daisa would enhance the power of this stone.


This is for me like a majestic rock standing in solitude and being complete in itself.


Seeing this stone, i dream about enlarging it to 20 meter hight and placing it on a nice spot.
Inspired by this stone and taking it as a natural design,
it would be a challenge for all sculptors and architects to build such a enormous tripod structure.
The nice spaces and beautiful flowing shapes give a feeling of harmony and creating a special atmosphere.

regards, Sunip

Hi Hưng - Trần,
_ Mountain No 1 :

_ Mountain No 2 :

_ Mountain No 3 :

Thank you for showing these nice far distant mountains.
With an atmosphere around them of silence, nr. 2 shows also a lovely sort of simplicity which i have to explore.
The beautiful and impressive nr. 1 show's me a front that is more closed and not so inviting but has lovely slopes on the other sides.
For now i am really moved by the character of nr. 2 but i am not sure how it will work, seen from other sides.
Regards, Sunip

Hi Yvonne .
It' s here on SUIBAN ... ( How do you like it ? )
Thanks your sharing .
Sincerely ,
Hưng - Trần .

Hello Mr. Sunip ,
I agree and I am very interesting in your comments .
Thank you .

Hi Trantanhung

I like it a lot.....When thinking of your hot country... it must be very nice, to swim into the cool shade, of the cliff.

Kind regards Yvonne

Salute You ,
Thanks Yvonne ,
Continue , I send to you the following new stones ( they also Basalte material ... )
Count from left to right ... :
_ Stone No 1 ( its name is GIRL )
_ Stone No 2 ( MOTHER )
_ Stone No 3 ( EDUCATING CHILDREN )
Invites you to enjoy and share experiences ...
Thank you .
Sincerely ,
Hưng - Trần .

Hi Trantanhung

Your humanshaped stones is nice...I like the diffrent surfaces on them all.
Thanks for sharing.

Kind regards Yvonne

Hello Yvonne ,
Thank you your sharing .
They are the following :
_Stone No 1 :

_ Stone No 2 :

_ Stone No 3 :

Thank you .
Sincerely ,
Hưng - Trần .
And add two stone MOUNTAIN landscape description :
_ Mountain No 1 :

_ Mountain No 2 :

Thank you .
Hưng - Trần .

Hello IBC Forum - Members ,
Hello Yvonne ,
_ The different surface on them ... It is :
Photo No 1 : MOUNTAIN ( Black - Basalte material )

Photo No 2 : PLATEAU ( Black - Basalte material )

Photo No 3 : ISLAND and THE SEA ( Black - Basalte material ,collected in LÂM ĐỒNG Province )

Happy for you and IBC Forum - Members ... and Waiting your sharing ...
Thank you very much .
Sincerely ,
Hưng - Trần .

Hello IBC Forum - Members ,
Hello Friends ,
I send continue to you two stones following ...( They are black Basalte material of KHANH HOA Province , KHANH VINH - River )
_ FORME of MY LOVE :

_ MOUNTAIN :

_ MOUNTAIN ( this is CUT - STONE . )

Thank you your enjoying and please Sharing ...
Sincerely ,
Hưng - Trần .

Hello IBC Forum - Members ,
Hello My Friends ,
I send continue to you the smallest stones in my collection ( Black Basalte material ... ) :
_ Landscape - Stone No 1 : MOUNTAINS

_ Landscape - Stone No 2 : PLATEAU

_ Landscape - Stone No 3 : ISLAND

Hope you like its .
Thank you your share .
Sincerely ,
Hưng - Trần .