Wednesday 8 May 2019

It Is All About Balance,

either you have it, or you do not, 


 luckily, whilst at Boulder Creek in Boulder, Colorado, artist Michael Grab, found he had an almost unique sense of balance, and could make the seemingly impossible out of rocks and stones,

 using only rocks, gravity, and patience, he builds precarious towers and bridges that seem to defy gravity,

 Grab first tried stone balancing during the summer of 2008 while exploring,

 and quickly discovered an innate ability to build increasingly complicated, free standing stacks of rocks, while his stone sculptures rely heavily on intuition and experience, there’s actually a method he uses in most of his work involving hidden “tripods” found on the surface of any rock, 

 He shares in detail, 

Balance requires a minimum of three contact points. Luckily, every rock is covered in a variety of tiny to large indentations that can act as a natural tripo for the rock to stand upright, or in most orientations you can think of with other rocks. By paying close attention to the vibrations of the rocks, you will start to feel even the smallest “clicks” as the notches of the rocks are moving over one another. In the finest “point-balances,”

you can see more photography of his stone balancing in his online portfolio or on Facebook,

and if you have time for a coffee break, the above video shows you exactly how it is done, what an unusual talent to have.


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