ECA Library holds various special collections and one of those is the Stone Archive. This dates from an Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded project led by Professor Jake Harvey from 2007 to 2011, and the resulting research archive is held in the ECA Library at Evolution House, West Port.
Items from the archive on permanent display are a case of stone cutting tools and instruments (on level 0 of the library) and a display table of stone samples, on level 1 of the library. There is also a collection of images gathered from travels around the world, sound recordings and stone-related publications which have been catalogued, the 2 volume printed catalogue can be consulted at the ECA Library Helpdesk.
A book was published after the completion of the project, “Stone: a legacy and inspiration for art“, and is held in the ECA Library lending collection on level 0.
For more information about the origins of the Stone Archive, click here.
