Stones and fossils tell stories of our world as it was millions of years ago.
Shawn Williamson is a sculptor working in Cumbria.
He is completing a sculpture of a coelacanth, a prehistoric fish.
This is carved from a huge block of Brathay slate.
Fossil Record
Fossil Record is a composition for the Richardson musical stones in Keswick museum. It was written by the American composer Brian Dewan, and is played by Brian, Emma Welsby and Jamie Barnes.
photo courtesy of Keswick Museum
Fossil Hunters
The Victorians were great fossil hunters, and many of the fossils in museums came from the private collections of rich Victorians.
In Fossils from the Carnival of Animals, the composer, Camille Saint-Saëns, imagines fossil hunters chipping away at rocks with hammers and chisels. Although Fossils is usually played on a xylophone, Chris tries out the tune on the Richardson musical stones in Keswick museum..