AT 1812 INSPIRATION OFTEN BEGINS WITH THE LANDSCAPE. NOT WITH ARCHITECTURE OR THE OBJECTS WE CREATE, BUT WITH THE EARTH ITSELF. THE GROUND WE WALK ON QUIETLY SHAPES THE WAY WE MOVE THROUGH THE WORLD.
ACROSS BRITAIN THE ROCK BENEATH THE SURFACE TELLS A STORY THAT STRETCHES FAR BEYOND HUMAN TIME. ALONG THE JURASSIC COAST, CLIFFS REVEAL MILLIONS OF YEARS OF GEOLOGICAL HISTORY IN VISIBLE LAYERS — BANDS OF SEDIMENTARY ROCK CURVING THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE LIKE LINES DRAWN ACROSS TIME ITSELF. THE GIANT'S CAUSEWAY PRESENTS THOUSANDS OF HEXAGONAL BASALT COLUMNS RISING FROM THE SHORELINE LIKE SCULPTED STEPS — FORMED THROUGH VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AND COOLING LAVA, THE GEOMETRY FEELS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLY ORDERED FOR SOMETHING CREATED ENTIRELY BY NATURE. THESE LANDSCAPES REVEAL HOW TIME AND NATURAL FORCES CREATE FORM THROUGH GRADUAL TRANSFORMATION.
FOR THE FOUNDER OF 1812, LANDSCAPES SUCH AS THESE OFFER CONSTANT INSPIRATION. THE LINES OF SEDIMENTARY ROCK, THE GEOMETRY OF BASALT COLUMNS AND THE FRACTURED PLANES OF SLATE DEMONSTRATE HOW STRUCTURE EMERGES NATURALLY FROM THE EARTH. NATURE CREATES FORMS THAT FEEL BOTH ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY. THE LANDSCAPES OF BRITAIN OFFER A QUIET LESSON IN PATIENCE AND PROPORTION. THE MOST POWERFUL IDEAS ARE OFTEN WRITTEN FIRST IN STONE.
