Art & Photographic Gifts
Welcome...
Welcome
You may not quite believe what you see here, but it is all real. There are no tricks involved, and no use of computer graphics programs such as Photoshop to manipulate the images, (they were, of course, optimised to make them as pretty as possible!). This is pure Meditative Art. We hope that you enjoy your visit.
Latest
Article about the life and work of Adrian Gray, reproduced from Muse
magazine, summer 2008. Read the full article.
Other Press
Adrian Gray will be stonebalancing during Dorset Art Weeks - The Sculpture Garden in Lyme Regis is a contemporary sculpture trail through gardens and woods, featuring work by stone-balancing artist Adrian Gray. Read more about Dorset Art Weeks.
Read an independent review of Stone balancing at Glastonbury 2007.
Art installations
Stonebalancing are pleased to accept commissions for Stone Balancing installations. Please contact us for more details.
Unique and Personal Photographic Gifts
These images make rather special gifts for Christmas, Valentines, birthdays...or why not treat yourself?
Stonebalancing.com sells original black & white and colour photography of the unique temporal art forms created by the artist, Adrian Gray. All pictures are signed by the artist. Sales are via PayPal.
The photographs are truly inspirational and unique gifts to give for Xmas. Take a look at the photo store.
Our top-selling image
Right
now, the most popular image is 'Call Waiting '
Latest Art news from the BBC
Arts team to revamp city street
Preferred applicants are drawn from more than 70 who applied to create an artwork in Inverness.
Summer arts schemes for the young
Cut price arts, sports and drama activities will be offered to young people in deprived areas of England this summer.
In pictures: Byzantine art
A selection of the 300 artefacts to be displayed at the Royal Academy of Arts' Byzantium exhibition in October.
Landscapes launch new galleries
Four new galleries open dedicated to celebrating art in Wales and featuring Welsh landscapes.
Gaelic dictionary 'a great asset'
A planned Gaelic dictionary will be as important as great art collections, a leading university figure says.
The artist, and the photographer
Adrian
Gray has been stone balancing for many years, initially as a
form of entertainment, later as a form of meditation, creativity
and art. He has developed his talent to the extent where the
incredulous onlooker must physically touch the balancing stones
to ascertain what is holding them in place, usually upsetting
the centre of gravity and collapsing the balance.
Adrian is a purist and chooses only those stones that are virginal - free from man-made chips or cuts. These are the first photographs of his work.
The Art
All of the stones in these pictures are balanced, strictly without the aid of adhesive, pins or computer manipulation. They remain in place through the natural force of gravity and friction. ‘Nature’s glue’ sustains them in these seemingly impossible positions and it is the capricious natural forces of wind or waves that returns them to obscurity amongst their fellow boulders.
Unless stated in the description on the gallery page, the photos are untouched. Visit the gallery or go directly to the photo store . You may also view a video of this extraordinary work.
Would you like an unbelievable stone balancing sculpture in your home, hotel/office Foyer? E-mail me to find out more about stone balancing demonstrations, workshops, installations.
The Stonebalancing videos...
Stonebalancing at Lyme Regis, summer 2007
Glastonbury Festival, June 2007
Frieze Art Fair, Regents Park, October 2006
Henley Festival 2007
Interview with Gulf Radio at the Henley Festival 2007
(Link to .mp3 file opens in a new window or your default mp3 player.
Right click and select save
file as.../save link as... to save
to your computer).
Frieze Art Fair
These
pictures were taken during the London Frieze
Art Fair in
Regents Park in October 2006. The pictures
can be seen at a higher resolution in the photo
gallery, and the video can be viewed via the panel above.
