Another balancing stone sculpture but with a slightly different twist. As opposed to interpreting the view with a balanced stone sculpture,
see this post, this one utilizes
manos and metates. Evidence of former inhabitants are found along drainage's throughout the valley. This piece incorporates early stone tools found locally into something new The top metate is a double sided basin metate and the lower one is a single sided type 1 metate with no evidence of shaping or modification, just a convenient flat stone used for grinding. A single stone bell was also added to balance the view.
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What a great picture of balancing!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Just using what is lying around to make something. It is also a nice break from working on the tractor.
ReplyDeleteWillis would be impressed! He had some of his "Stone people" 5 stones high. Some loose cows knocked a couple of them over and the WIND knocked over one. Willis analyzed the "fit" and the rest remain quite solidly without any cement fastening them together.
ReplyDeleteExcellent. Balancing, as opposed to fitting, the stones upon one another results in creations that last from couple of hours to 4 days. The goal was not to create a permanent sculpture but rather to transiently express an idea, for example recapitulating the view along a trail in the canyon or reusing discarded stone tools found on the ground in a new and different way. Since the cultures that created the stone tools were based on stone, dirt, and fire it seemed a good way to pay homage to those that came before us.
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