Primal Beauty

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The Sculptural Artistry of CrystalWorks

By Lawrence Stoller

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Primal Beauty showcases over thirty years of Lawrence Stoller's groundbreaking work with CrystalWorks, creating monumental sculptures by cutting and polishing immense crystals and gemstones weighing up to a ton. Combined with bronze bases and light, these artworks transcend traditional sculpture to evoke raw, transcendent splendour. Each piece is paired with inspiring quotations from distinguished voices, enriching reflections on art, nature, physics, and metaphysics. The book also shares behind-the-scenes narratives of Stoller's global stone sourcing adventures and explores the mineralogical and mystical qualities of crystals, illustrated with hundreds of stunning photographs capturing their intricate geometry and ethereal presence.
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This book will appeal to enthusiasts of fine art and sculpture, lovers of natural minerals and gemstones, and readers interested in art's intersection with nature, philosophy, and spirituality.

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Over the last three decades, Lawrence Stoller's CrystalWorks has been pioneering an extraordinary new art form: the cutting and polishing of mega-crystals and gemstones, which can weigh up to a ton. These are combined with bronze bases and light, becoming sculptures of transcendent splendour.

Primal Beauty features an extraordinary collection of these works, each paired with a poignant, inspiring quotation from a distinguished voice to illuminate an aspect of art, aesthetics, wisdom, nature, ecology, evolution, physics, or metaphysics. These insights accentuate the presence and raw power of each crystal sculpture.

Enhanced with behind-the-scenes stories of Stoller's adventures travelling the globe sourcing the stones, as well as meditations on crystal's mineralogical qualities and arcane meanings, hundreds of stunning photographs capture these beings of "frozen light" in all their exquisite geometry, transporting us to mysterious otherworlds.

"The most powerful art combines beauty with meaning, transforming the observer into a participant." - LS

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Manhattan Book Review praises Primal Beauty as a quintessential coffee table book, noting its large format and high-quality production that make leafing through it a pleasurable experience.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781944903053

Publisher: Cameron & Company Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 March 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Cameron & Company Inc

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 324.0mm

Height: 241.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 208

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Arts & Culture Lawrence Stoller Non-Fiction

About the Author

Lawrence Stoller is an internationally recognized, award-winning artist who has pioneered the art of sculpting spectacular megagems, including several of the largest gemstone sculptures in existence. His work has been featured in numerous shows and galleries in the United States, from Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles to Fifth Avenue in New York, as well as internationally. His museum exhibitions include the Furstman Institute of Mineralogy (Moscow, Russia), the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art (Elhurst, Illinois), the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), and the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. He is the author of Frozen Light: The Eternal Beauty of Crystals (Earth Aware, 2007). In 2003, Stoller completed a commission for American Express, creating the centerpiece of the 9/11 Eleven Tears Memorial, located across the street from Ground Zero. His collaborative work Bahia stands as the cornerstone of the museum collection at the Gemological Institute of America in Carlsbad, California. An avid horseman and endurance athlete, Lawrence Stoller and his wife Sunni live, work, and teach in the shadows of the spectacular Three Sisters Mountains in Bend, Oregon.