{"product_id":"transformations-scott-martin-9781735478074","title":"Transformations: Wood\/metal\/stone\/sundry","description":"\u003cem\u003eTRANSFORMATIONS: Wood\/metal\/stone\/sundry \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ecelebrates the discovery of, and connection with, found objects\u003c\/strong\u003e that hide within landscapes of urban decay and nature. Objects that, when revealed, stand as testaments to time, place, and the transformative effects of nature and the elements.\u003cstrong\u003e Thirty-eight contributors\u003c\/strong\u003e (including Sharon Hashimoto, dan raphael, Priscilla Long, Arlene Naganawa, Paul Hunter, Aubrey Birdwell, Anna Odessa Linzer) share their appreciation for \"weathered and\/or broken, bent, decayed, or rusted objects\" that have inspired their poems and essays. \u003cstrong\u003eThe book has 59 full color illustrations of found objects.\u003c\/strong\u003eIn a world torn apart with global wars and machine stealth, I'm craving art full of small things. It's comforting to settle on a board, a rock, or a piece of a machine and imagine it floating in a borderless past that I might try to fill in. This book restores that joy of speculation and imagination by focusing on the materials that these small things are made of-wood\/metal\/stone\/sundry-and then regarding their changes and transformations. That's what the writing conjures here-the specifics that lead readers to reanimate their own surroundings. With each voice and sight line of the objects in \u003cem\u003eTransformations\u003c\/em\u003e you can feel a long progression. You can also sense that the artists who chose these artifacts are considering their own places in the world. \u003cstrong\u003eObjects here-smoothed by the sea, oxidized by dirt and salt, windblown and scalded-are becoming new versions of themselves.\u003c\/strong\u003e Shifts appear in slivers and glimpses, and the poems and prose pieces transform our views of what these things might be. Each object is en route from its once-use into a new context of being placed as art.Enjoy the winding road that you will take while reading \u003cem\u003eTRANSFORMATIONS\u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003ewhere the varied connections people have made with found objects are explored. \u003c\/strong\u003eSo many of the objects written about describe the \u003cstrong\u003elong-term relationships we make with found objects, both aesthetic and symbolic\u003c\/strong\u003e. Often stretching back decades to childhood, these objects act as protectors, talismans, and road maps of where we have been and where we are still going.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1735478075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781735478074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Raven Chronicles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Scott Martin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174460989695,"sku":"9781735478074","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transformations-scott-martin-9781735478074","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}