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Stones for healing

Since ancient times, cultures from around the world have used a variety of precious stones, crystals and their substitutes for healing and to ward off misfortune.

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Little feet on Pett Level Beach

Poet and author Penny Pepper has vivid memories of childhood beach trips when her father was still alive, enthusiastically encouraging her curiosity and love of nature.

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Keeping death close

Scattering her father’s ashes, Lauren Entwistle found herself longing for something physical that proved he once was a living, breathing person. Here she reflects on the objects that help us to grieve and remember.

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  • A man polishing semi-precious (?) stones. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Geology: various uncut semi-precious stones. Coloured lithograph by H. Sowerby after himself, 1851.
  • Brocade-makers embroidering a fabric with gold silk and precious stones. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A floral border for pietra dura (marble inlaid with semi-precious stones). Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A floral design for pietra dura (marble inlaid with semi-precious stones). Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A floral pattern for pietra dura (marble inlaid with semi-precious stones). Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A flowering plant; a design for pietra dura (marble inlaid with semi-precious stones). Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A floral pattern in a cartouche for pietra dura work (marble inlaid with semi-precious stones). Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A diamond cutters' wheel in use (top), and a plan and perspective of the wheel with various components (below). Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • A lapidary, sitting at his foot-operated grinding wheel (above), an elevation and plan of his worktable (below). Engraving by B. L. Prevost after J. N. F. Boucher.
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