Art Evolution: Rocks for Study, Art and Hobby

  Art Evolution

                           Rocks for Study, Art and Hobby

Specimens and Art Works on display 

at the Living with Nature Center

San Vicente, Ilocos Sur

"Geologists have a saying - rocks remember. - Neil Armstrong

Dr Abe V Rotor

 

Left: Mt Pinatubo's pyroclastic rock mounted for the museum.

The rock formed while still very hot, forming a porous texture. 

Right: Floral arrangement of stones gathered from Bacnotan, 

La Union beach.

 

Left: Petrified or fossilized wood. Carbon dating process traces

the origin, age, and habitat of the specimen. Resin, exudate of 

Pine tree undergoing metamorphism into amber

 

Left: Rock collection of a student attracted by the diversity of the specimens. 

Right: This is not a fossil, but broken glazed jar often used to store sacred 

objects and remains, like an urn in earlier times.

Brain coral in its early stage of fossilization. Operculum of a large seashell undergoing erosion by the elements.  Note the counterclockwise spiral, a unique find.

  

Left: Limestone undergoing metamorphism into marble which 

may take a very long time under favorable conditions. Right:

Shades of opal and glitter often make this petrified wood look

valuable when cut and polished, and made into fancy jewelry.

 

Left: Aggregate rocks in various compositions and structures.

Right: Unidentified layered rock, indicating geologic history.

  

A nearly perfect round stone shaped naturally by running stream 

used as cannon ball in the days of Panday Pira (c. 1488–1576) 

a Filipino blacksmith and maker of an early type of cannon. 

 

Fossilized bone fragment of a large animal in the Cretaceous era.

*The Cretaceous is defined as the period between 145.5 and 65.5 million years ago, the last 

period of the Mesozoic Era, following the Jurassic and ending with the extinction of the dinosaurs

 

Probable tusk of an elephant (?) reportedly found in Cagayan Valley,

a subject of study on animal migration and land bridges in ancient past.

 

Left: A collection of rock samples at author's home.

Right: Early stone age tools, crude and unpolished,

but they served the purpose of primitive hunting.

 

Rock undergoing weathering; coral remains with imbedded shells

undergoing fossilization

 

 

Relief paintings using rocks, clay, wood, and various decors for background.

"The purpose of modern museums is to collect, preserve, interpret, 

and display objects of artistic, cultural, or  scientific significance 

for the study and education of  the public." ~