Our New Showroom and Fine Arts Gallery To link to our Stone Designs Studio directly, you can bookmark the following domain addresses: http://www.stonedesigns.com or http://www.stonedesigns.us To link to the rest of our Home and Garden Showrooms directly, you can bookmark any of the following domain addresses: http://www.fineartsdesigns.com http://www.gardenartsgallery.com http://www.gardenart.us http://www.gardenthemes.com Welcome to our new Showroom. This page primarily focuses on the stone work from both local artists and from around the world that can now be found at the Glasshouse Works. The Glasshouse Works recently purchased an old hotel building (small town hotel) and moved our offices to the lower floor. There are two floors--a skyscraper by Stewart, Ohio standards! and we have created a showroom for our Home, Conservatory, and Garden items. In the links below over the next few months, you will find listed more of the items from our Showroom for you to buy by mail. Peruse the following items and links perhaps for your springtime shopping needs this year. We have many links from these pages to the full Studio Offerings of these artists and sources. You can click anywhere as you browse below where it says "Click Here to See More" to go directly to a full page of items similar to the group you are browsing. We have been bringing in distinctive and offering items not found necessarily elsewhere on the Internet. Various of the items we offer are by Ohio craftmen and artists! If we have full pages from these artists, the listings on this page will be selections from the collections and you will need to click to see more So take a look. And enjoy your browsing

Our First commissioned items from China are now here! We have just received a group of twelve Chinese Auspicious Animals! They are sculpted in either marble and granite. We picture three of them just below. We call them "Lucky Beasts." Indeed it it difficult to translate directly from the Chinese, but these beasts are a great piece of sculpture for the garden. We are keeping one inside by the fireplace. They traditionally are put in the garden because they are said to give good fortune to the owner and to protect from evil spirits. They are considered great watchers of the home and garden. Originally, the auspicious animal (from the research we have been doing) was the animal accompanying the ancient Chinese god of Judgement, Gao Yao (also know as Ting-Jian), help him to detect injustice. His accompanying animal, a mythical one-horned goat (sometimes described as a qilin, or unicorn) butted the guilty but spared the innocent. For those of you familiar witht he movie "The Yellow Submarine," he might remind you of a blue meanie. At any rate, we have seen these in various forms and different media over the years. The image we had these designed from was from a large incense burner in copper which we saw at the famous "Sun of Heaven" Chinese exhibit 10 years ago. We chose them to be in lasting stone for our gardening friends. Keep this in mind for this winter or next spring. Buy an auspicious animal for your small or large garden area. The one foot high size is perfect for inside the home too. The price is amazing low considering the fact that we had to made to order and they were shipped from just outside Beijing!

15116 THE AUSPICIOUS ANIMAL $ 295.00 These have finally arrived. Our first commission in marble and granite from China. These are also called "Lucky Beasts." We sent the photo of what we had seen and said to create a garden piece for our customers. What came to us has been described as strange, wonderful and adorable. The best part of these is that they are protectors of the garden and traditionally are said to give good fortune to the owner. We have these in black marble, grey granite and green and grey marble. You can arrange with us which stone you want at this point. We have only a limited number of these. These would be great as a gift either for a friend or yourself. Price on invoice will reflect 30.00 postage.We type the invoice in the office again before charge is made in case our Shopping Cart miscalculates postage slightly. This is suitable for home or garden. Click Thumbnail to see large image.

15121 CHINESE GRANITE FOXES $ 220.00 We have just received a pair of granite foxes. The price included both statues. They are 18 inches tall. These would be great as a gift either for a friend or yourself. Price on invoice will reflect 30.00 postage.We type the invoice in the office again before charge is made in case our Shopping Cart miscalculates postage slightly. This is suitable for home or garden. Click Thumbnail to see large image.

92585 STONE CATS $ 95.00 We have just received two stone cats that are handcarved. One is in black marble and the other is in grey (or so-called blue) granite. Each is 95.00 plus 15.00 shipping. Specify in the notes section of the invoice which stone you want. The picture here is of each one side by side. They are 12 inches tall. These would be great as a gift either for a friend or yourself. Price on invoice will reflect 15.00 postage.We type the invoice in the office again before charge is made in case our Shopping Cart miscalculates postage slightly. This is suitable for home or garden. Click Thumbnail to see large image.

15118 CHINESE HORSE STATUE IN MARBLE $ 450.00 We have also just received our order of marble horses from China. These are in a wonderful patterned mahonany marble which is suitable for the home as a decorative indoor piece. We also have a set in white marble. Being marble, they are quite garden worthy also. Often these are purchased in pairs and set facing each other in the garden. Check the entry below if you wish to purchase a matched pair in either white marble or mahogany brown marble. There is a special price for buying a matched set. These would be great as a gift either for a friend or yourself. Price on invoice will reflect 30.00 postage.We type the invoice in the office again before charge is made in case our Shopping Cart miscalculates postage slightly. This is suitable for home or garden. Click Thumbnail to see large image.

15118 CHINESE HORSE STATUE IN MARBLE SET OF TWO $ 800.00 We have also just received our order of marble horses from China. These are in a wonderful patterned mahonany marble which is suitable for the home as a decorative indoor piece. We also have a set in white marble. Being marble, they are quite garden worthy also. The price here is for a matched set of these in either white or mahogany. Check the entry above if you wish to purchase only one. We have matching sets, but they look very good as singular items also. These would be great as a gift either for a friend or yourself. Price on invoice will reflect 50.00 postage.We type the invoice in the office again before charge is made in case our Shopping Cart miscalculates postage slightly. This is suitable for home or garden. Click Thumbnail to see large image.

15117 CHINESE SNAIL IN MARBLE $ 150.00 These are wonderful and perfect for the garden. This snail will not destroy your perennials during the summer. These would be great as a gift either for a friend or yourself. Price on invoice will reflect 20.00 postage.We type the invoice in the office again before charge is made in case our Shopping Cart miscalculates postage slightly. This is suitable for home or garden. Click Thumbnail to see large image.

15117 CHINESE GARGOYLE IN SUNSET MARBLE $ 245.00 These are wonderful and perfect for the garden. The gargoyle traditionally protects the garden. We have often seen these in grey granite, but never in this pink sunset marble from China. These would be great as a gift either for a friend or yourself. Price on invoice will reflect 25.00 postage.We type the invoice in the office again before charge is made in case our Shopping Cart miscalculates postage slightly. This is suitable for home or garden. Click Thumbnail to see large image.

15120 CHINESE SNAPPING TURTLE IN GRANITE $ 200.00 These are wonderful and perfect for the garden or the pond. These ferocious animals will help guard your plants. These would be great as a gift either for a friend or yourself. Price on invoice will reflect 25.00 postage.We type the invoice in the office again before charge is made in case our Shopping Cart miscalculates postage slightly. This is suitable for home or garden. Click Thumbnail to see large image.