Amazing Art: 10 Stunning Works of Sand Art
Around the world there are some amazing examples of sand art appearing in competitions, exhibitions or just purely for the art. Here are 10 of the best and most stunning.
When I was a young child I did childish things, amongst which was the pleasure of filling my little bucket with sand and upturning it onto the beach and planting a lollipop stick in the top of it and calling it a sandcastle.
When I was a young man I still did childish things, amongst which was the pleasure of filling my children’s little bucket with sand, several times, scooping up sand in between them to form walls, and planting a lollipop stick in the top of it and calling it a sandcastle.
I am now at the age when I expect, I may, in the future, once again take on the mantle of a child and do the same again with my grandchildren……
…..that is so long as a Michelangelo, Rodin or Henry Moore isn’t at the side of me with his grandkids to show me up!
Looking on the internet, at sites around the world, there seems to be so much more that can be done in the sand rather than just a simple sandcastle or scribing your name on the beach to watch it be washed out by the tide.
There are some very skilled people who have chosen to use sand as a medium to show their creative talents.
It seems to be a strange medium to choose because everything that is done revolves around time. It takes time to create the piece. It is time that will take the piece away. Therefore why choose a medium that will not last?
Certainly it is an easier medium than carving stone or making castings, and whether it is in two or three dimensions it does seem to allow creativity to come to the fore: the same as any other medium.
Some are magnificently sculptural taking on the appearances of the ancient civilisations of Europe: of Rome or Greece, still available to see in the piazzas today.
Others are distinctly exotic and are clearly travellers from “the Orient.”
Others have a social and political comment.
This one of Barak Obama is called “Expectations” and is from 2008, pre-election, and is talking of the hopes of the forthcoming election and its global impact.
Unlike the works on the beach, this one created by Jorges Rodrigues Gerada in Barcelona, covers 1 hectare (2.5 acres) and used 650 tons of sand.
This handy example, below, is self explanatory. It is an obvious piece of humour based on what would normally be a socio-political statement.
Others were created in the mind of the artist and it is in the eye and mind of the viewer to find the meaning behind them.
Again one ponders, why these artists would chose this medium that will not withstand time?
Perhaps the answer is written in sand……
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22 Comments
s hayes, posted this comment on Sep 28th, 2009
Visually stunning article – written up in an imaginative, original way – great stuff x
Melody Arcamo Lagrimas, posted this comment on Sep 28th, 2009
Amazing works of art, thanks for sharing.
Mark Gordon Brown, posted this comment on Sep 28th, 2009
undoubtedly made my talented patient people who are not concerned with immortality through their art.
papaleng, posted this comment on Sep 28th, 2009
Wow! great article with Stunning pictures of sand art.
Bo Jack Russo, posted this comment on Sep 28th, 2009
They have those contests here too,very talented people.
Debra., posted this comment on Sep 28th, 2009
Stunning sculptures and article!
Juancav, posted this comment on Sep 28th, 2009
Stunning sand sculptures.
Annie Hintsala, posted this comment on Sep 28th, 2009
My Dad is one of those sand artists. (not one of the ones you featured of course, that would be bizarre.) At a very young age I learned NOT to play with sand or Daddy would become quite irate at the little fingers screwing up his latest work. Sigh. I think I missed out.
Sonia Bell, posted this comment on Sep 28th, 2009
Hi my name is Sonia Bell I am Chief Editor of Easel Art Magazine a new Art & Entertainment magazine, I truely love your work I would love to talk to you in regards to either us writing a article on you or you writing a article on your self and your work with sand art. Please let me know if this is something that you would be interested in.
Thank you
Sonia Bell
Lostash, posted this comment on Sep 28th, 2009
Fascinating! Loved the Neptune sculpture.
Lauren Axelrod, posted this comment on Sep 28th, 2009
These are amazing C, I love the Poseidon one
RJ Chamberlain, posted this comment on Sep 29th, 2009
Amazing pics C Jordan. Love the Obama sculpture.
RJ
Denise Payne-Ollivier, posted this comment on Sep 29th, 2009
WOW! each one really amazing
Joshua Miguel, posted this comment on Oct 1st, 2009
these are really amazing creations.nice!
sihana, posted this comment on Oct 2nd, 2009
Amazing.
fishfry aka Elizabeth Figueroa, posted this comment on Oct 2nd, 2009
WOW It is amazing what the mind and ones hands can create with the imagination and keen eye. Excellent Article, quite amazing.
Uma Shankari, posted this comment on Oct 2nd, 2009
It’s incredible all these have been created with sand alone. Fascinating. Breath taking.
Prettywolf, posted this comment on Oct 6th, 2009
Wow those are great.
Leonardo davinci Evans, posted this comment on Nov 3rd, 2009
Thanks for arranging so we could experience the art; but I can’t help but observe that your pictures made the impermanent, permanent.
PhoenixRox, posted this comment on Nov 9th, 2009
Amazing!! Wow.. each one is better than the previous.. Gosh, what an awesome collection of images. Thanks! 
T.Rex McGoogle, posted this comment on Nov 15th, 2009
Wonderful work. What patience. What talent on display.
Thank goodness Mr. Kodak came along.
Patrick Bernauw, posted this comment on Sep 28th, 2009
Aha! I am the first to comment… on this fascinating article. Sand art is like ice sculptures – most pieces of art strive to resist “Time” and becoming “eternal” (making the artist somehow immortal), but this kind of art only exists for a very short periode… And that makes it… well, very special. It’s like the theatre: it comes and it goes…