balance

Balance Art





Michael Grab
Rocks
Since 2008



   


        Michael Grab was born in Edmonton, Canada in 1984 and relocated to Boulder, Colorado in 2002 to attend University. He stumbled upon the art of rock balance through an unexpected spell of boredom in the summer of 2008. Since then he has gained a local reputation for designing large-scale balanced rock gardens up and down Boulder Creek, which flows through the heart of Boulder. The community response is normally very positive and many report meaningful experiences when they witness Michael’s stone balance work. He hopes to use his stone balance experience to perform demonstrations, but also to practice architectural design and to teach kids the benefits of creating nature art, including free artistic expression, presence of mind, and connecting with their surrounding environment.
        Land artist Michael Grab creates amazing towers and orbs of balanced rocks using little more than patience and an astonishing sense of balance. Grab says the art of stone balancing has been practiced by various cultures around the world for centuries and that he personally finds the process of balancing to be therapeutic and meditative. Looking at his creations makes me feel quite peaceful. It has a very calming effect on the viewer and the affect on nature is a positive one because nothing damaging is used in his creations.



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