Saturday, 8 March 2025

Jade Mountain

 


Near the centre of Greymouth shopping district there is this sculpture featuring a 2 tonne piece of Jade aka Pounamu. The West Coast where I live is famous for finding small pieces of Pounamu on some of the beaches or local rivers. This one was created by Ian Boustridge, a local artist - this one he found at a part of Fiordland. It really is massive and has a small waterfall flowing over it.


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12 comments:

Bill said...

Very beautiful to see.

roentare said...

A really interesting description about the stone

magiceye said...

Wow! Amazing!

Margaret D said...

Amazing.

doodles n daydreams said...

It's an impressive pice, isn't it?

Iris Flavia said...

I like the "PLEASE TOUCH" best.

Tom said...

...Amy, often you are able to take pictures with no people. Where are they?

Sharon said...

A huge piece of stone. It makes an interesting public art feature.

Revrunner said...

Always curious how stones like these are moved. Not so much these days as in the case of ancient cultures.

s.c said...

Nicely done kind of statue.

Veronica Lee said...

That’s an impressive sculpture!
It must be incredible to see in person.

Jan K. alias Afanja said...

That's beautiful and very interesting.

Umbrella

  Photo taken near the Auckland Art Gallery - November 2024. Linking up with  Weekend Reflections   and the  Weekend Roundup .