Our purpose is to establish an ongoing international dialogue about contemporary displays that will help to promote stone appreciation. We encourage members of the global viewing stone community to create new ways of displaying stones that reflect your life in the 21st century, your regional geology, your customs, craft and culture. Unfamiliar types of stones, bases, accessories and materials are welcome. We are not confined to displaying viewing stones in either the traditional Japanese or Chinese manner. These are options available to us and we should respect and acknowledge the established ways of displaying stones, but they are not the only way. It is timely to explore exciting new options to create stone displays that have bases, display tables, and other accessories that reflect our regional and national arts and crafts.

This display by Edd Keuhn consists of an object stone collected in the Sauk River in Washington state and a flatten fragment of petrified wood. The shape of the object stone suggests a kingfisher and the fossil wood a tree branch. The bird is resting on a branch while keenly searching for its  next meal. This bird-shaped stone is 15.2 x 3.2 x 3.8 cm and the petrified wood is 15.2 x 6.3 x 10.2 cm. The stones are in the collection of Edd Kuehn.