Sand globe art is a relatively new global phenomena I started making them a few years ago and enjoy placing them in the landscape.
As a form of ephemeral art sand globes can vanish with the next wave or tide or merely the passage of time.
Each sand globe takes a few minutes to make starting with a ball of wet sand and then adding layers of drier sand while shaping into a sphere. It's both calming and energising to be standing with bare feet while creating with the hands and whole-body movements.
Morning or afternoon longer shadows can produce some striking images.
Sand globes can be given a personality or just sit calmly.
Building sand globe sculptures requires balance and patience. Sand on a riverside beach often has a little clay content which gives it some strength and durability.
Sand globe sculptures need a calm day. A breeze can easily collapse a tower.
This isn’t a record for sand globe towers although I was happy with it. Lower sand globes tend to collapse from the weight above. It's prudent to take pictures while building in case the next level is the last.
I recently learned how to create a hole using a small twig and a lot of care. Flying a helicopter through the hole takes even greater care 😄
Yesterday I discovered how to make a sand 'teardrop'. I’m now wondering what other shapes can be created. Any ideas?
These are wonderful @exoexplorer. I am really surprised how strong the sand is under its own weight, must be good stuff to carve. Love the simple forms.
Thanks @ammonite 🙏🏼 Some of the sand can be strong - usually from beaches near a river mouth which is fine and I believe might sometimes have some clay content. Some of the white sand from long ocean beaches is a more coarse quartz which isn’t much good for carving and doesn’t hold much weight.
What an INCREDIBLE post, @exoexplorer !! The accumlative work is enormous - I love the enrichment of all your time and effort, in these elegant and stunning photos... Yes, multiple shapes... This reminds me of our adventures with snow when we were young, on my island in Scotland: making huge balls - trying to make the biggest snowball possible, then hollowing it out and sitting inside it... We were limited by how far downhill we could roll the snowball, gathering up layers as we rolled, because it was wild terrain! I love the elongated shapes, and am fascinated to see where you will go: I'd need to try myself to know what shapes might be possible - I'd be interested to see animations and movement in the shapes - even music or sound somehow incorporated... the elements that I love from your work most are the animation of sand falling - I love the photo above where the ball is sitting still, and clouds of thrown sand are falling behind it. Beautiful.
Thanks @clareartista 🙏🏼 I remember rolling huge snowballs as a kid at home - and we even built an igloo once.
These days there’s a lot less snow.
I hadn’t thought of animating these sand globes - great idea! I’ll try it 🙂
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Fabulous post @exoexplorer. Your sand globes are amazing ❤️
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Thanks @ninasophia 🙏🏼 Being creative in nature is a lot of fun.
Fascinating photographs and sand sculptures, I did not know about this art, I see that it is very relaxing. I get the coordination and the beauty that they convey. Greetings! @exoexplorer
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Thanks @celf.magazine 🙏🏼 Yes it’s very relaxing and helps me to be more fully present in the moment.