Thomas S. Elias is Chairman of the Viewing Stone Association of North America and Honorary Vice Chairman of the View Stone Association of China. He is the former Director of the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington D.C. and Professor of Botany at Claremont Graduate School in Claremont, California. Elias has been researching the Asian art of stone appreciation for over 20 years and has traveled extensively throughout Asia. He and his wife, Hiromi Nakaoji, have authored or co-authored over 50 papers and the book Chrysanthemum Stones, The Story of Stone Flowers in 2010. Elias authored four additional books, Viewing Stone of North America (2014), Spirit Stones with Kemin Hu in 2014, Viewing Stones of Yunnan Province (2018), and Contemporary Viewing Stone Displays with Richard Turner and Paul Harris in 2020. Elias has lectured on viewing stones and served as a judge for stone exhibitions in seven countries. Their website, www.vsana.org, established in 2012, attracts about 10,000 visitors each month from 115 countries.
Korean chrysanthemum flower stone, 10 x 5.5 x 3.7 inches
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