Other Displays: Shelves, Stands, Corner Tables
Display areas can be created in any home regardless of style or cultural orientation, such as with today's western-style rooms and furniture. The suiseki should be more predominant than the table or shelf.
Display areas:
usually at least 2 feet above floor
lighting from above and front, to avoid shadows
Display backgrounds:
plain walls - off-white or beige
curtains - unpatterned off-white, beige, gray, gold, or silver
flat screen
Wood:
beautiful and simple wood is often preferred
flat cherry, pine, or hemlock
boards 1/2 to 1 inch thick,
sometimes lightly burnt with torch
sometimes washed with wire brush
clear lacquer finish
Stands for stones and objects less than 3" tall:
use stands with staggered shelves or tiers
arrange objects as a group
keep object placement consistent with their locations in nature
Use higher shelves for:
- distant mountain stones
- bonsai trees commonly found in upland areas
Use lower shelves for:
- waterpool stones
- island stones
- coastal rock stones
- shore stones
- thatched-hut stones
- bonsai common to lowland areas
- planters containing grasses
Other types of display stands:
polished tree stumps, flat tops, legs of gnarled roots
lacquered or seasoned rectangular boards
stone slabs
bamboo or reed rafts, tied with natural fibers like hemp or raffia
natural or carved wood boards of polished burl or driftwood
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