Tag: sand

May 31, 2016 at 6:11 pm

This Sand Sculpture of an Elephant Playing Chess with a Mouse is Incredible

This Sand Sculpture of an Elephant Playing Chess with a Mouse is Incredible

Ray Villafane and Sue Beatrice team up to create a jaw-dropping sand sculpture of a chess match between an elephant and a mouse

Read More »

January 19, 2016 at 3:04 am

Picture of the Day: Windswept Grass Makes Perfect Circle in Sand

Picture of the Day: Windswept Grass Makes Perfect Circle in Sand

‘Scratch circles’ occur when strong winds bend stalks of grass, causing them to pivot around their axis, drawing perfect circles in the sand

Read More »

November 24, 2015 at 11:32 am

Guy Creates Beautiful Sand Art in Under 60 Seconds

Guy Creates Beautiful Sand Art in Under 60 Seconds

Watch this guy make a beautiful temporary sand artwork in less than a minute!

Read More »

November 18, 2015 at 11:53 am

Picture of the Day: A Different Kind of Beached Whale

Picture of the Day: A Different Kind of Beached Whale

No not that kind of beached whale (thankfully)! This is artwork of Jamie Harkins, who draws awesome 3D images into the sand.

Read More »

July 20, 2015 at 2:26 pm

If Frank Gehry Made Sand Castles (10 Photos)

If Frank Gehry Made Sand Castles (10 Photos)

Not your traditional ‘castle’ by any stretch. Artworks by Calvin Seibert

Read More »

November 30, 2014 at 1:45 pm

Picture of the Day: Love Never Dies

Picture of the Day: Love Never Dies

Artwork by Jonathan (Jobi) Bouchard | Photograph by Sanding Ovations Seen here is the 2014 Sanding Ovations Master Cup 1st Place Winner and People’s Choice Winner, Jonathan (Jobi) Bouchard’s “Love Never Dies” sand sculpture. The 6th annual competition took place from November 19-23, 2014 in the beach town of Treasure Island, Florida. You can…

Read More »

November 27, 2014 at 6:30 pm

Picture of the Day: The Star Dunes of Algeria

Picture of the Day: The Star Dunes of Algeria

Photograph by NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team In some areas, winds tend to blow in roughly the same general direction all year. The Grand Erg Oriental, a sprawling sea of sand dunes in the Saharan Desert, is not one of them. The winds in northeastern Algeria tend to be complex and changing.…

Read More »

October 7, 2014 at 2:16 pm

3D Sand Piano Beach Art by Jamie Harkins

3D Sand Piano Beach Art by Jamie Harkins

Sand artist Jamie Harkins (featured previously) is back with a new temporary artwork, a sand piano etched into the beach. The anamorphic land art plays with perspective, elongating lines and distorting the image so it appears 3-dimensional when viewed from a specific angle. For more, check out Jamie’s website and Facebook page. Artwork…

Read More »

June 23, 2014 at 11:07 am

These Were Handmade in the 1800s by Layering Sand. No Glue was Used

These Were Handmade in the 1800s by Layering Sand. No Glue was Used

Andrew Clemens (1857-1894) was an artist from Dubuque, Iowa but spent most of his life in nearby McGregor. At the age of five Clemens was stricken with encephalitis that left him completely deaf and nearly mute. At age 13 Clemens began experimenting with sand art, collecting multicolored sands from Iowa’s Pictured Rocks region. He…

Read More »

May 1, 2014 at 1:18 pm

The Awesome 3D Beach Art of 3DSD

The Awesome 3D Beach Art of 3DSD

*Update* [Feb 12, 2015] The artworks below were a collaboration between Jamie Harkins, Constanza Nightingale and David Rendu, collectively known as 3DSD. Jamie Harkins is an artist and musician currently working out of his studio in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. While the NZ native is best known for his paintings of surrealist…

Read More »

Page 3 of 4