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Every Saturday I focus on a different artist that I admire. From potters to painters, chefs to collectors, seamstress to songwriters, lifestyle to lovers… anyone who set the paintbrush, pastry brush, hands and heart on fire to create.
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"Michael Grab is an artist that has been 'rock balancing' since 2008 Much of his recent work has been done around the Boulder, Colorado area."
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"Grab—yes, that's his real name—finds the process both spiritual and therapeutic."
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Michael Grab explains:
"The most fundamental element of balancing in a physical sense is finding some kind of 'tripod' for the rock to stand on. Every rock is covered in a variety of tiny to large indentations that can act as a tripod for the rock to stand upright, or in most orientations you can think of with other rocks."
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"By paying close attention to the feeling of the rocks, you will start to feel even the smallest clicks as the notches
of the rocks in contact are moving over one another."
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"Parallel to the physical element of finding tripods, the most fundamental non-physical element is harder to explain through words. In a nutshell, I am referring to meditation, or finding a zero point or silence within yourself."
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"Some balances can apply significant pressure on your mind and your patience. The challenge is overcoming any doubt that may arise."
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"I was skeptical when first viewing these. But, I've seen the work of other 'balancing' artists, including outdoor installations by Andy Goldsworthy, subject of the 2001 documentary film, Rivers and Tides. As hard as it is to believe these examples photographed below are configured without support other than the rocks themselves, this is the case."
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For more information regardingMichaeal Grab:
Michael grab's Beautiful Blog
http://www.gravityglue.com/blog/
Michael's Video Balancing Act
Saturday Art Saves: Michael Grab
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5 responses to “Saturday Art Saves: Michael Grab”
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These are amazing!
I can’t even imagine how
he does it.
There is a woman in our part
of Oregon that stacks rocks,
sometimes in the nude, along a
section of river each year. Her
rock stacks are amazing, but nothing
like this. These are just beautiful! -
Absolutely remarkable. And each sculpture has such a different feel. Love the horizontal one and the arched bridge.
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I love guys who do this. I saw another balancer, I think named, Bob Wing, do it in the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco about a decade ago and was transfixed!
Grab’s work is the most ambitious and beautiful I’ve seen. -
Beautiful.
I was just out this morning walking near our local art center, which has an Andy Goldswothy installation “Three Cairns”. So love when nature and art collide 🙂 -
I can’t believe this is happening right here where I live and I never heard about it! I’ve got to get out more! These are fantastic. Thanks for letting me know all the way from France!
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