Manette Gerstle
Manette Gerstle loved rocks from her first taste as a baby. When she grew up they decorated her life and drew her to the Japanese art of suiseki. By the start of the 21st Century, Chinese gongshi and Korean suseok had arrived to dazzle the West and join Japanese suiseki and Western viewing stones art forms. This momentous development inspired Manette to create Beyond Suiseki: Ancient Asian Viewing Stones in the 21st Century. Manette s education in Fine Arts, Humanities and Law led to a non...See more
Manette Gerstle loved rocks from her first taste as a baby. When she grew up they decorated her life and drew her to the Japanese art of suiseki. By the start of the 21st Century, Chinese gongshi and Korean suseok had arrived to dazzle the West and join Japanese suiseki and Western viewing stones art forms. This momentous development inspired Manette to create Beyond Suiseki: Ancient Asian Viewing Stones in the 21st Century. Manette s education in Fine Arts, Humanities and Law led to a non-profit teaching career. She lives in Northern California with her husband Philip and extended family. See less
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