http://suisekiart.com/2008/05/20/carmel-trip/ by Mas Nakajima and Janet Roth Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:01:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://suisekiart.com/2008/05/20/carmel-trip/#comment-952 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:16:16 +0000 http://suisekiart.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/carmel-trip/#comment-952 forgot to mention: there was one particular grey/white,deep gouged-extreemly river carved,yet smooth,marble boulder,about six feet long,which was definatly of suisuki quality,which I photographed and tried to figure a way to haul it out of the canyon. i may have some pics fron back then,as this marble rock was amazingly carved and released from the marble walls,which towered some 35 feet above,thus causing some of the carved marble to drop…into the middle of this narrow canyon of about fifty yards wide.the river-obviously kept carving this boulder during floods.
I often tried to get someone to fund a helicopter and lift this bolder out,then sell it for thousands to a interior design firm,but never considered suiseki ,except was aware of ‘bonzi’,so knew somewhat it’s value. this boulder is likley-still there,as the remoteness of this canyon with mostly gold dredging and pot growers ,still means one has to take caution when being there.in fact,this was too remote to dredge,lest one used a chopper to haul equipment in.lastly,if one did remove this marble boulder with a chopper,there will likley be GOLD under this boulder! unless some dregers have moved it since then. good luck! cheerz from DAWK

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