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Balancing Act

Roy Leadbeater

Bright primary colours, imagination and welding transform utilitarian construction materials into a playful sculpture.

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Like a brilliantly coloured industrial "tree", its red trunk is perched precariously on a single tapered point. Above, three discs scan the sky like whimsical satellite dishes. The vertical post is topped by a horizontal beam from which yellow and green I-beams soar up and away, creating an upward motion that counters the gravity-defying balancing act at the base of the structure.

Like a brilliantly coloured industrial "tree", its red trunk is perched precariously on a single tapered point. Above, three discs scan the sky like whimsical satellite dishes. The vertical post is topped by a horizontal beam from which yellow and green I-beams soar up and away, creating an upward motion that counters the gravity-defying balancing act at the base of the structure.

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Roy Leadbeater(Artist)

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Municipal Building, plaza levelAlberta, CA T2G 2M1
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Last updated: November 13th, 2025

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