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Animal figure, leaping form (bird / cat) carved in twisted wood, embedded green stone, round painted base, work by Robert Bibeau

The magical swing

A knotted, honey-toned wooden column rises from a single foot and divides into a fork: two arms open like the pans of a scale. On the left rests a heavy grey stone with cutting edges; on the right, a greenish, translucent mineral that catches the light. Between them the trunk holds the weighing, in a stillness that seems forever about to tip. A small bolt sits flush against the shaft, a quiet trace of the assembly. Where other pieces weigh downward, this one plays at suspension: gravity becomes the subject.

The magical swing: forked found wood set with grey stone slabs and a green stone, a long branch reaching to the right, on a round base painted green and blue, white background.
The magical swing: close view of the found wood, grey stone plates fanned out, a green stone lodged in a hollow, a slender branch reaching right, base cut off at the bottom.
Overall view on a white plinth: a driftwood figure with leaping forms, grey and green stones embedded, round base painted green
The magical swing
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Reading notes

The title announces a swing, and the fork answers it: two weights opposed in everything, held in balance. A more playful bestiary shows through, close to Shary Boyle's owned grotesque: the grave and the animated held in the same hand.