by Craig Coussins

Waterfall Suiseki

Waterfall stones comprise any stone that has a white streak through the down face of the stone that emulates a waterfall. Dry waterfall stones have crevices that could have had a waterfall but now dried up. Waterfall stones are divided into single or multiple waterfall categories.

Links to my Suiseki Pages

> Suiseki Gallery

> Waterfall Suiseki

> Mountain and Plateau Style Suiseki

> South African Mountain Stone

> Chinese and Indonesian Stones

> Some more of Craig's Suiseki

> Interesting Stones, Patterns,
People and Animals

>Animal Shapes Stone and others part 2

>Daizas, Suibans and tables for display

The Ligurian, Italian, Suiseki usually have multiple very fine Waterfalls cascading down the sides (see examples below).

The ideal waterfall classic stone has a strong waterfall coming from the centre as opposed from the top of the stone (examples below).

Waterfall stones with the waterfalls cascading from the top can, however, be quite attractive as in stone 3 where the waterfalls cascade down through clouds.


Dry Waterfall Ligurian Alps. I collected this in 1995 during my first bonsai visit to Italy.	Waterfall Suiseki This is the reverse of the previous stone. I was taken on a collecting trip by Maria Theresa Volunterio and she posted the 100 kilos back to me in Scotland.

Waterfall through Clouds I love the way the quartz is laid over the Basalt base. It is really a picture stone with such an image but it still falls under the heading of Waterfall. This stone came from a quarry in Scotland near Perth. Quarries are excellent places for stones but you must get co-operation from the owners or managers. Most are helpful but be very careful. Quarries are still very dangerous places to be looking for wee bits of stone!	Dry Waterfall Stone This is one of my very first Barra stones. The Barra stones are in the collection of John Naka, Peter Adams, and The Nippon Bonsai Association. One of my Suiseki was accorded a special mention in the 1983 Kokofu Exhibition and instead of bringing it back I gave it to the Nippon Bonsai Association to form part of their National Collection.

Central Waterfall between two Plateaus The Italian Stones form part of my personal collection of over two thousand stones. They are quite spectacular but in this case I have neither cleaned the stone or found a base for it. It weighs nearly 20 Kilo's and will be a job for a quiet Winters eve. I collected this in Liguria with Maria Theresa Volunterio, the President of the Italian Suiseki Association.	Waterfall between two peaks This was collected on the Isle of Skye.

Multiple Waterfalls or Thread Waterfalls I collected this in the Italian Alps.

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