Stone balance

January 20, 2015 Stone Balancing

I spent a few morning hours at nearby Linn Run state park, PA.  It was about 28° upon arrival upstream from the Adam’s falls parking area.  The air seemed warm compared to the much colder low teens I’ve been out balancing in recently.  I was anxious to get to balancing stones.  I found a spot near a pool below some currents that seemed to speak to me.  I set my kit down and noticed a very cool ice formation in a small puddle of water beside my packs resting location.  It appeared to be the imprint of a fern, but upon closer inspection it revealed to be the early formation of ice crystals.  I shot a few photos and started selecting stones to balance.  Fortunately I did, because the air temperature warmed up enough to turn the crystals back into liquid form erasing the beautiful formation.

Ice fern

After about an hour of working my chosen stones, I was able to assemble this temporary stone balance sculpture.

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No better place to start than winters beauty

Welcome to my first post.  Allow me to introduce myself.  My name is Tim Anderson and KeyStone Balance is my company.  I’m a stone balance artist.  I create temporary stone balanced sculptures in nature.  All the stones you see are simply balanced in place.  There is no glue or any other type of adhesive holding them in place.  I spent a few hours yesterday afternoon until dark stone balancing and taking photos along Jacob’s Creek in Laurelville, PA.  Here are the results of my work.  I hope you enjoy.

Balance variation #1

Balance variation #1

Variation #2

Variation #2

detail shot of variation #2

detail shot of variation #2

Self portrait 2015

Self portrait 2015