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About The Artist:
Canadian born Ross Barrable has been a luthier
and musician since 1979 building and playing Folk Harps.
His transition from musician to sculptor came
serendipitously! While playing the harp at an outside musical
event, the wind came forth and began to play harmonious melodies
on the strings of the harp. This experience inspired Ross
to begin the journey of discovery with Aeolian Harps , resulting
in the creation of enchanting musical sculptures which are
sensitive enough to give voice to the vibrational spectrum
of the wind.
Ross' unique acoustic art form integrates his
background as a luthier with his dedicated interest in sacred
geometry and the transformational power of sound.
The result is a series of visionary contemporary sculptures
that delight the visual and auditory senses with ethereal
harmonic tones in concert with the wind.
Public Art Commissions:
Awareness Garden Plantation Florida,
Botanical Garden;Title: Botanica II
Reflections Garden, Kean University, New Jersey;Title:
Infiniti
Ron McElliot Memorial, Port of San Diego, California;
Title: To Remember Me
Shalom Park, Aurora, Colorado; Title: Metatron
Two Lovers Point Meditation Park, Guam;Title: Sounds
Of Eternity
Dallas Arboretum, Woemns Council Garden, Dallas, Texas; Title:
Infiniti III
Private Collections:
R.C. Gorman -NM
Deborah Reynolds, Children's Dignity Project-NM
Yuji Koyoma-Japan
La Quinta Sculpture Park -CA
Frank Hall-SC
Poseidon Connection-CO
Sheelagh A. Cooper -Bermuda
Natama Institute-AZ
Sunny Redmond -CO
Conni Bunn-CO
Joel Boyarski-NY
Mary Stratton-CA
Diane Anderson-CA
Sally Crebs- CA
Walter Haugen- WI
Lee Lise- NM
Artist's Statement:
Through the joy of building and playing 100’s
of folk harps and wind harps for the past 28 years, I have
come to experience the power of harmonic sound to support,
nurture and uplift me in a life affirming direction. It is
through this direct experience of the mystical power of sound
and its perceived influence that I am motivated and inspired
to re-create and evolve the design of the Aeolian/ Wind-Earth
Harp.
The first time I heard this instrument it was like listening
to every chord of the universe being played at one time, I
had never heard the sound before and yet it was strangely
familiar.
The wind-earth harp does not play individual notes as heard
on the folk harp or flute, but rather is a blending harmony
of myriad sounds. It emits the harmonic overtones of
several notes, blending and interweaving into an overall symphony
of sound that softens, intensifies and ceases with the movement
and impulses of a consistent gentle breeze.
The sound energy moving through the harps is very dynamic
and non-linear, it is three-dimensional sound, always moving,
changing, and flowing in and out. The harp receives the kinetic
energy of the wind and transforms it into an audible vibration
that is fully an “in the moment” experience. The
energy of sound does not travel in straight lines, it spirals,
always; it spins, changing form and changing states. The higher
the state of the energy, the freer it is to move in multiple
directions or planes of existence.
My goal as a acoustic sculptor is to create an auditory experience that
embraces and supports the free flow and dynamic nature of
harmonic sound — because Sound is the Universal Language. Sound
is a language of feelings, a language beyond words that does
not align itself with the separation of religions, ethnic
groups or political belief. It is unconditional in its response
to those who can open their hearts to its timeless beauty.
This all comes together in the design of the Harmonic Sound
Garden™; the ultimate harmonic soundscape where the
presence of Spirit through the forces of nature orchestrate
a symphony of primordial sounds that is always new and
can bring the attention of the listener into the
presence of the moment.
The fundamental design components that I use are the principles
of sacred geometry, the laws of harmonics and resonance and
an incontrovertible commitment to the creative and spiritually
transformative power of sound and its ability to reveal truth
through the understanding and attunement to the laws of vibration
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