Helena Bangert
Latvian artist Helena Bangert’s sand sculptures fall a bit outside the norm – they’re more avant garde than your typical castles, though they still occasionally feature subjects like Pinhead from the ‘Hellraiser’ movies. Helena studied at the Rietveld Art Academy in Amsterdam and first thought of using sand as a medium when she was invited to create a sculpture for an exhibition at a retirement home for elderly seamen located in a small Dutch coastal village.
Ilana Yahav
Ilana Yahav’s sand art differs dramatically from that of most artists who work in this medium. She uses nothing but her fingers to ‘draw’ in sand, creating performance art by weaving together the movements of her hands, the sand falling, lights and music. As Ilana works, a story unfolds with every-changing visuals.
Michel Lepire
Quebec sculptor Michel Lepire has been working in sand since 1996, and is the organizer of one of the most prestigious sand sculpting competitions in the world, Les Internationaux de sculpture sur sable de Québec, held every August in Quebec City.
Amazin’ Walter
Since his beginnings casually playing in the sand in South Padre Island, Texas in the early ‘80s, the man who calls himself Amazin’ Walter has come far. He has created hundreds of sandcastles in 6 countries and 13 states. His work has been featured on Oprah and in a Best Buy commercial. Renaissance man Amazin’ Walter is also a photographer, jeweler, clown, magician and musician.
Sandsational
Sandsational is a group of professional sculptors with backgrounds in areas like fine art, design engineering and performance art. Sandsational often creates sand sculptures for promotional purposes and has worked with brands like McDonalds and Harley Davidson. Continue on to see even more amazing art from ordinary materials.
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44 Comments
July 20th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Some of them looks like are made in salt, not sand.
July 20th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
This is amazing work. I don’t know how you keep coming up with so many cool pictures for your blog. Every time I look there is something cool that I’ve never seen before. Thank you.
July 20th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Very nice, cool and amazing.
July 20th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
just amazing … awesome …
July 20th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
The details on the sand sculptures are very realistic, it makes me think of all the hard work and time the artists must have put into them.
July 21st, 2008 at 1:59 am
Wow, it’s just so difficult to believe that these are made from sand! They are just wonderful. And it’s somehow really pleasing that these amazing artworks are impermanent, and will just quickly wash away. Really great, thanks.
Joe - http://www.anewbandaday.com
July 21st, 2008 at 3:29 am
There is another amazing sand artist - Sudarshan Patnaik of Puri, India. Some of his work can be seen at his website http://www.sudarsansand.com/gallery.html
July 21st, 2008 at 3:48 am
Wow that is absolutely amazing. Very much talent displayed there.
JT
http://www.FireMe.To/udi
July 21st, 2008 at 5:05 am
bellissimo - wonderful - much talent
tks
v
July 21st, 2008 at 6:05 am
I really like the life size chess set, that’s cool. Me and my brother did a jolly roger skull and crossbones last time we were at the beach. Not nearly as big as any of these though. Great stuff.
July 21st, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Amazing Work. Amazing Minds
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:58 am
awesome!
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:06 am
“Castle of the Sun” Ed Jarrett collapses in exhaustion after completing his world-record 31.7-foot-high sand castle Castle of the Sun at the Point Sebago Resort in CascoThe world’s tallest sand castle (Castle of the Sun)
July 24th, 2008 at 4:25 am
It’s fantastic, I really like it!!
Anothers amazing sand artists in Spain are Sergi Ramirez y Montserrat Cuesta, I put their blog link here:
http://www.sergiramirez.com/
July 24th, 2008 at 10:07 am
WoW … thats really great work.
Don´t even know whats the best one. They should work with a little bit concrete to keep them alive.
regards
Martin - http://www.diablogamer.com
July 31st, 2008 at 7:24 am
More art in SAND, Pictures and Videos from Benjamin Probanza.
August 5th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Oh! Amazing!
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February 9th, 2009 at 6:45 am
I am a writer for SIDETRIP MAGAZINE and I am looking for possible sand artists to interview about sand sculpting. Would you happen to know how to contact or do you have any of the email addresses of the amazing artists you featured? Particularly Ilana Yahav? Thank you very much and more power to you.
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