A clock by London based designers Studio Ayaskan based on the design of a Japanese Zen garden: in this case, raked in the am, smooth in the pm.
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South Donegal about an hour ago.
She’s flooded.
(Thanks Joey)
Sundry bizarre and fabulous entries to last weekend’s International Sand Sculpting Festival at Revere Beach in Boston.
Here’s the winner, obviously.
Beachaus
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The geometrically precise, Bauhaus/Gehry inspired ‘sand castles’ of sculptor Calvin Seibert on the strands of Hawaii.
More of his work here.
Pat Dowling writes:
“The sands of time wait for no man..Doolough beach Co.Mayo [yesterday]
Inspired by 3D pavement art, New Zealand artists Jamie Harkins, Lucia Lupf, David Rendu, and Constanza Nightingale muck about on the beaches of Mount Maunganui.
More here.
Since 2006, artist Joe Magrum has been touring US cities and taking to the street with sacks of coloured sand which he sprinkles by hand to create huge temporary spiral artworks.
Each one takes up to 8 hours to complete and he estimates he’s created over 550 in the last few years. Magrum, who also paints, has exhibited in various high profile galleries and appeared on Sesame Street.
More of his work here.
Sandy Candy
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Filmmaker and biomedical researcher Dr Gary Greenberg not only photographed these sand particles at 300x magnification, he also invented and patented the HD 3D microscopes that made the images possible.
The composition and and appearance of sand varies depending on geographical location. These tiny beauties are most likely from the beaches of Hawaii, where Dr Greenberg lives.
Sandy Cause
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Five hundred Santa Clauses constructed on the beaches of Purl, Odisha in India by renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnalk and 30 of his pupils.
It’s all about endangered species and global warming, apparently.