StabilesElements are an important part of a good stabile –

line, shape, space, color, value, form, texture and the Principles applied to those elements will make it even

better - balance, rhythm, emphasis, pattern, repetition, proportion, movement, harmony, unity and

variation

However there are 3 major sculptural ideas that are crucial for a dynamic work that is to be viewed in the

round:LIFT, THRUST, EXTENSION

Alexander Calder

LIFT

Thrust

Extension

Mark di suvero

Lift

Thrust

Extension

Alexander Liberman

Lift

Thrust

Extension