~ Jorge Luis Borges
A variety of sand paintings this week, plus videos at the bottom.
Tibet Mandala Sand Painting
photo by Max Yuyshin
Fischer Institute Presents: Tibetan Lamas of the Drepung Loseling Monastery
photo by Claudia Snell, Nichols College
Sand altar employed in the rites of the Mountain Chant, a Navaho medicine ceremony of nine days' duration, 1907
photo by Edward S. Curtis
Return from active service, Falklands, P and O. Canberra
by Brian Pike using natural colored sands as 'paint,' discarded feathers as 'brushes,' and plywood offcuts as a 'canvass'
SandSaloum
Sand table made by local artists, Mar Lodj, Senegal
These next four are by Joe Mangrum. I chose the first shot because I thought you might like a close-up of how he does it:
Sand Painting in Central Park
by Joe Mangrum
photo by Asterio Tecson
Joe Mangrum Sand Painting
by Joe Mangrum
photo by Asterio Tecson
Joe Mangrum Sand Painting
by Joe Mangrum
photo by Scott Beale
Washington Square Sand Painting
by Joe Mangrum
photo by Johnny Peacock
A gallery of work by Ukrainian sand artist Kseniya Simonova
2 comments:
I watched a Native American group do a sand painting once Tabatha. It was amazing. I love that they are ephemeral, here, beautiful, to be swept away by the wind. Thanks for all of these!
These are masterful pieces of sand painting. I was especially interested in the ship painting by Pike. Fascinating!
Mangrum's works are beautiful and really epitomize the fleeting nature of these pieces...you can be sure they wouldn't last long on a city walkway!
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