The rivers of Montana are the lines upon which the stories of time in that place are written. Geologic time tumbles over our toes, freezing water pressing it forward.

Rivers too trail markers, their very existence the compass from which to take bearings. Though one must venture into the mountains, one always flows home.

A cairn. A simple stack from which to take bearing and proceed. The beads joining the talisman stones from the Yellowstone River are Indonesian glass beads. The stones were found where the river turns south, entering a valley aptly named Paradise. These pieces are part of The Movement of Stones Project.

A white colored female form mannequin wears a sculptural necklace of blue green river tumbled stones and white glass beads
Yellow Rock River sculptural stone adornment by Jeannie Ortiz
A white colored female form mannequin wears a sculptural necklace of blue green river tumbled stones and white glass beads
Yellow Rock River sculptural stone adornment by Jeannie Ortiz
A white colored female form mannequin wears a sculptural necklace of blue green river tumbled stones and white glass beads
Yellow Rock River sculptural stone adornment by Jeannie Ortiz
A white colored female form mannequin wears a sculptural necklace of blue green river tumbled stones and white glass beads
Yellow Rock River sculptural stone adornment by Jeannie Ortiz
A white colored female form mannequin wears a sculptural necklace of blue green river tumbled stones and white glass beads
Yellow Rock River sculptural stone adornment by Jeannie Ortiz

The feeling of snowmelt, crystalized in stone.

These stones too are from the Yellowstone river, quartz and some beautiful (and unknown) pebbles joined by Indonesian glass beads and a sterling silver clasp.

A white colored female form mannequin wears a sculptural necklace of white and blue river tumbled stones and turquoise glass beads
Yellow Rock River stone adornment by Jeannie Ortiz
A white colored female form mannequin wears a sculptural necklace of white and blue river tumbled stones and turquoise glass beads
Yellow Rock River stone adornment by Jeannie Ortiz
A white colored female form mannequin wears a sculptural necklace of white and blue river tumbled stones and turquoise glass beads
Yellow Rock River stone adornment by Jeannie Ortiz