Playa Jardin, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife
Playa Jardin, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife
Canary Island, La Palma, on the PR-LP14 hike
Canary Island, La Palma, on the PR-LP14 hike
On a beach near Liguira, Italy
On a beach near Liguira, Italy
On a beach in the Algarve, Portugal
On a beach in the Algarve, Portugal
In the mountains above Kotor, Montenegro
In the mountains above Kotor, Montenegro
Broomhead Reservoir, Derbyshire
Broomhead Reservoir, Derbyshire
Flamborough, on the East Coast of Yorkshire
Flamborough, on the East Coast of Yorkshire
Capo San Marco, Sardinia, Torre spagnola di San Giovanni di Sinis
Capo San Marco, Sardinia, Torre spagnola di San Giovanni di Sinis
Pedra Longa, Sardinia,
Pedra Longa, Sardinia,
Cala Goloritze, dell'Argentiera, Sardinia
Cala Goloritze, dell'Argentiera, Sardinia
Gola su Gorropu, Gorropu, Sardinia
Gola su Gorropu, Gorropu, Sardinia
On the Pembrokeshire Coastal path near Freshwater West
On the Pembrokeshire Coastal path near Freshwater West
Where River Solva enters St Brides bay, Pembrokeshire
Where River Solva enters St Brides bay, Pembrokeshire
Danes Dyke Beach, East Coast Yorkshire
Danes Dyke Beach, East Coast Yorkshire
Danes Dyke Beach, East Coast Yorkshire
Danes Dyke Beach, East Coast Yorkshire
Dam Flask Bradfield
Dam Flask Bradfield
On the hill near Matterdale overlooking Ullswater
On the hill near Matterdale overlooking Ullswater

Project information

  • Category: Stone Balancing
  • Client: Personal Project
  • Project date: Ongoing
  • Project URL: My Instagram

The Art of Stone Balancing

It's something I've been doing for a number of years now. It's very thereputic to sit and arrange rocks on top of each other in a way that keeps them stacked. It's a case of finding the core / centre or each rock as you add them. What could appear to be a solid stack can soon topple with the wqrong position of a higher rock. I prefer to go for unusual shapes so that the resulting stack becomes photogenic. I'd class this as an art form, but some people say it ruins the landscape, almost like graffiti. I usually knock my stack down to avoid this disturbance, and sometimes even place the rocks back where they came from if I feel it necessary. I like to create a stack that suits the background and occasionally emulating the background detail with the shape of the stack.