Misik Kim
Moon Jar in my mind
I have been trying to express “ Moon Jar” in my mind since last year. Moon jar is a type of traditional Korean white porcelain which was...
Diane Wright
Birth of an Island
There are islands....then there are islands. Great Britain, for example, is a continental island, found in shallow seas off of large...
Lisa-Marie Sanders
Fire and Ice
When I was searching for inspiration for my Geology piece, a good friend suggested the Paint Pots at Yellowstone National Park. I had...
Martha Wolfe
Wild Life: Wetlands
In 7 years of Viewpoints 9 challenges, this was by far the most difficult one for me to conceive of a piece for! I thought and thought on...
Kate Themel
Sediment-al Journey
In viewing layers of sedimentary rock, geologists can gain knowledge about the environment at a specific point in time. In this quilt,...
Betty Busby
Tectonic
Many of my earliest memories came rushing back as I thought about my response to the geography challenge. I was born in Japan, and I can...
Lin Hsin-Chen
Forest Fires
Forests are destroyed due to anthropogenic factors and global warming. Originally forests can regulate the greenhouse effect, however,...
Kate Themel
Clues to the Past
Human beings have short memories. But Earth's memory is very long. Geologists can find clues to Earth's past in sedimentary rocks. The...
Alicia Merrett
Space and time
A geologist friend of mine told me once that when geologists look at the features of the world around them - natural or man-made - they...
Misik Kim
Time
When I saw Sue's challenge, I remembered what I had heard before. “We all come from the ground and return to the ground” Since then I...