Serpentine Boulder

3’6'“ x 3’6” x 3

Recovered in Stowe, VT

We often think we know what we see. But there’s always another, deeper layer. The outside layer of this stone is evidence of its long history in the form of a boulder. It was likely broken out of bedrock by glacial ice. Millions of years before that, the bedrock serpentine formation floated up from deep in the earth. Long before that, it formed when sub-ducting tectonic plates dragged seawater toward the mantle. All of this lies millions of years beneath the surface of stone. I find that many things have layers that are not immediately evident.