Donna Boyle creates rock people. "After a long-term partner passed I spent a lot of time on the lake shore balancing small rocks and came to love the balance/sensation of them." When not creating, Donna writes. The themes she pursues are love and intimacy. When creating her rock people, she works on her back porch in silence or while listening to the radio.
She works only when inspired to, and derives her inspiration from within. Donna says the most difficult part of the process is "free-standing balance". "Free-standing balance - I free stand all of my pieces so that they balance themselves w/out any adhesive substance. Rock people are similar to the Inukshuks we find in the north and they always stand with balance only. Although that is easier to accomplish because the stones are usually squarish and very large I admire & respect that singular accomplishment. Regardless, if my guys are small and rounder, only after achieving balance do I apply the adhesive substance." She sells her creations at 30 Craft Market and the nursing home where her mother lives.
"Rocks are like people, they come in every shape & colour and are equal in the eyes of the universe."
You can meet Donna at 30 Craft Market on Dec 9 at Sadleir House (751 George St N) between 10:30 and 3:30.
You can meet Donna at 30 Craft Market on Dec 9 at Sadleir House (751 George St N) between 10:30 and 3:30.