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Tables – Outstanding Craftsmen from Japan
We don’t know about you but we find it very difficult to find the right stand for our displays. Finding them in America often requires us to search eBay, local antique shops or a few online antique...
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Richard Rosenblum Collection
We were introduced to Richard Rosenblum by Dr. Elias about a year ago. It was during a period in which we were intensely studying Chinese viewing stones. You can visit Dr. Elias’ web site Viewing...
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Miyazaki Isseki
Miyazaki Isseki was born in Osaka, Japan in 1920 and passed away in 1984. Many of his pots heavily use white space in his paintings. To us a number of his pots have a loneliness to them others, like...
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Bonsai Professional Peter Tea
Doesn’t that title just have a nice ring to it! Bonsai Professional Peter Tea. KJ and I are privileged to know Peter as a good friend. It is hard to believe that it has been nearly 4 1/2 years ago...
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California Suiseki Society
The California Suiseki Society held their annual show at Lake Merritt on June 8-9, 2013. We headed over to see the show on Sunday afternoon which was a mistake as there was a celebrate Lake Merritt...
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North American Viewing Stones
Well it has been three months since we blogged last as our schedule in launching our new company has been fast and furious. And speaking of launching something new! Our friend Dr. Tom Elias is going...
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Suiseki For Sale by David & Jeff
We just received a nice note from our friends David & Jeff. They have an extensive and very nice collection of suiseki. Here is their note: Note from David and Jeff Greetings Sam and KJ, your site...
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Spirit Stones, The Ancient Art of Scholar’s Rocks
Our good friend Dr. Thomas Elias and Kemin Hu are publishing a new book on Chinese stones. Dr. Elias and Ms. Hu have published numerous books on the history and art of viewing stones. The book is...
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Classical Bonsai Art
Classical Bonsai Art: A Half Century of Bonsai Study – The Creations & Passion of William N. Valavanis We always enjoy reading new books about bonsai or suiseki and Bill’s latest book is no...
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Shiokai Kenji Pots – Kaohsiung Koha or Takao-koyo
Shiokai Kenji who lives in Kyoto, Japan began making pots in 1972. There is a good bio of him on Ryan’s site that can be found here. We purchased one of Takao-koyo’s pots a good while back from...
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Japanese Aesthetics and Suiseki
I was given 20 minutes at our last suiseki club meeting to give a presentation. My first thought was to give somewhat of a historical overview of stone collecting that started in China and progressed...
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An Old Suiseki from the Kamogawa
It is hard to believe we haven’t posted since who knows when but life has been busy as we moved across the country to be closer to family. We haven’t been to Japan in a few years which means our...
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Suzuki Koji
For all of us in the small world of suiseki, we lost our good friend Suzuki Koji today. To his family, close friends and many admirers our best wishes go out to all of you. He will be missed. We want...
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Collections – Being Purposeful
Those of us that collect viewing stones, bonsai pots, etc. have likely had a long history of collecting things. As KJ can attest, I have a collectors mind and I like to collect many things. With over...
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Private Collections – Hidden from View
In our last blog post, we discussed ways in which to build a respectable collection. Today, we would like to raise the topic of private collections. How many of you have seen an original Harada Houn...
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NHK World On Demand Videos – Suiseki & Tea Ceremony
NHK Television has posted two very lovely videos in the English language that are available until 2/3/2016. The first is entitled: Suiseki: A World of Understated Beauty within Natural Stone An...
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Kan Yasuda | Touching Time
As we continue to study the aesthetic of various countries and how they display stones, we are reading a number of books that give us insight into how particular areas of the world view art and stone...
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Kiri-bako for your collectibles
One of the first things we noticed when obtaining an older, high-quality pot or stone is that it often comes stored in a wooden box. Known as a kiri-bako, these lightweight but very strong boxes keep...
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David Goscinksi’s New Stone Site
We often receive inquiries in regards to selling stones, pots and the like. We are more collectors of stones than sellers and we understand how frustrating it can be to find high quality stones. Our...
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Bonsai Pot Collection Sales Catalog
Click the photo to download the catalog. For the last 20 years, KJ and I have been collecting excellent bonsai pots from Japan and China. However, the last 7 years we have been concentrating on...
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