

Tisbury Star Coral (2022)
Tisbury Star Coral (2022)Also known as ‘starry stone’ due to the appearance of its tiny siliconised corals which collectively call to mind a pollutionless night sky, Tisbury Star Coral is only found around Tisbury, Wiltshire and no where else in the world. This local Jurassic legend is said by anthropologist K P Oakley to be the first example of provable aesthetic appreciation as it was discovered in graves of Archeulian hunters who lived 200,000 years ago in Swanscombe, Kent–120 miles away from Tisbury.
I bought this piece of Tisbury Star Coral from a reputable source online, though I have since found smaller fragments up on the hills to the north of Tisbury and keep them on my bedroom windowsill.
I bought this piece of Tisbury Star Coral from a reputable source online, though I have since found smaller fragments up on the hills to the north of Tisbury and keep them on my bedroom windowsill.