Friday, February 1st, 2008...9:08 am
SAND ART
By Jamie
Photo Sources: http://wohba.com/blogimages/sand0107.jpg, http://www.crystalinks.com/sand_sculpture.jpg
Sand Art/Sculptures can come in many different shapes and sizes. Many of them are huge and ornate, while some can be small and just drips of sand on top of each other. Sand Sculpting is a very different way of using sand. They often are huge and most of them are very, very detailed and life like to some degree. These sculptures can take days to build and are usually around for a long time if it doesn’t rain. There are many competitions around sand sculpting and it has become a viable form of art over the past few decades. It begins with just a handful of sand, and is slowly formed into the beautiful sculpture that is shown above and in the videos below. There are many ways to form the sand and many tools to form it but the main way you sculpt is with your hands. The tools that can be used are shovels, spades, and other handheld devices to manipulate the sand. It takes a creative streak to make the sculptures that are seen above but you can easily make a sand castle with a little imagination and vision.
5 Comments
February 11th, 2008 at 9:55 am
this is art. i think like sand castles and stuff is art and this is taking it to the extreme. like the materials it looked like they worked with were prob. hard to use and it prob. took alot of time and effort to do this.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:04 am
NIICEEE TOPIC JAMES, i love doing sand art especially in the summer on the beach. I normally make drip castles instead of something really elaborate like you showed. its really cool i cant believe people can actually do something like that
February 11th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Sand art can be freaking sweet. I love when it is very large and complex and helps tell a story.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:28 am
i thought this was AMAZING! i would consider it a form of sculpture almost. the time it must take and the artistic talent must be hard! i would def. consider this art!!!!!
February 11th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
wow what a great art form! I can see what a challenge this might be, especially trying to get the sand to hold in one place. I cant imagine how much time it took these talented artists to create this work!
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