Is this Suiseki

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Is this Suiseki

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I am not sure if this is classed as Suiseki, but it is definitely cool

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Wow! :o
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Is that real?... Looks too solid to be simple balancing


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Suiseki and stone balancing are one and the same. They both make beautiful objects to admire, from what many people would fail to notice. How many of us look into a stream, or a pile of rubble, looking for beauty.
After roughly 20 years of growing bonsai, I reckon I might just be starting to get the hang of it...
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Ive read about the guy who does it and he swears it's just balancing from rocks he finds on location, no glue or trickery used! He says it's about finding the three weight points in each rock.


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Isitangus wrote:Ive read about the guy who does it and he swears it's just balancing from rocks he finds on location, no glue or trickery used! He says it's about finding the three weight points in each rock.


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something like that. found Wiki article on it too
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_balancing

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