This book is made out of jade, the toughest naturally occuring material on Earth, the enduring stone revered by the ancient Chinese as the Stone of Heaven; it will last for many millennia. It will travel, be carried throgh space and time, speask to future generations.
Born out of faith, it is The Jade Book: A Stone of Hope
In December 2000, Cosimo Geracitano set out to do the seemmingly impossible, to make a book entirely out of jade, with bound pages that could be turned. This is the fascinating story of one man's struggle and sacrifice to transform British Columbian jade (nephrite) into a form that has never been carved before.
It is the story of a sculpture that broke boundaries in its creations and that advocates the breaking of boudaries between people and nations through the images and words of three of history's greatest humanitarians: Mother Teresa, Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr., and Mahatma Gandhi. It is the story of a work of art thet aims at moving people to rise to the challenge of achieving inner and outer harmony and creating a better global community.