Beach Grid (catching up series) - 10/19/2018
The collection grows piece by piece! I was motivated to make this grid while walking at the beach on a beautiful October day. Near a small fishing pier another grid fan left a little design made of beach stones and broken shell pieces. I liked the naturalness of it, and smiled at the impromptu pleasure it had generated for the builder. I wonder what the artist thought as he or she walked away (I'm pretty sure it was a she, and of a young age). While continuing my walk I stopped to collect a few weathered beach rocks, shells, some beach rose petals and two gull feathers. Here is the result. I had recently acquired the amethyst cones, and at the top is a Himalayan quartz. From my original collection, once again the two peridot chips, the green calcite and the rhodocrosite chips are featured. The background is a table place mat. I had no strong intentions for this grid other than to commemorate a walk at the shore on a beautiful a...