| Among many of the other things available online | | | | The people that specialize in making this sort of |
| that are unique and are results of beautiful | | | | sand art have perfected their skills; they know |
| craftsmanship there are also some products | | | | exactly how to "draw" in the sand so that certain |
| maybe some of us either never heard about or | | | | objects appear such as mountains, sunsets, or |
| are amazed to find out the amount of time that | | | | animals, as well as which colors to mix and where |
| are put into them. Some of these products might | | | | they should place the sand. The only tool used in |
| include things like hand crafted glass jewelry, glass | | | | this art is a funnel. They have different "pictures" |
| blowing and sand art! All these products have | | | | that were developed in different countries. For |
| some sort of a history that goes way back. Take | | | | example, the camel sand art was created in |
| hand crafted glass jewelry for example, this art | | | | Aqaba, Jordan in 1940, the reindeer however, |
| has been used in Jordan and Mesopotamia as far | | | | was developed for Switzerland, and the dolphin |
| back as 4500 BC and 3000 BC! Hand blown glass | | | | and palm tree was born in Devon England. |
| has been around since middle of the last century | | | | I also caught one sand art piece that really caught |
| B.C. Sand art was born in Petra Jordan back in the | | | | me by surprise. I'm very partial to Picasso and |
| 1920s or earlier. | | | | Van Gogh in general so when I see anything that |
| Sand art is the creation of different colored | | | | involves those two artists it always catches my |
| particles of sand in a bottle. These creations are | | | | attention. This sand art creation was Tete d'une |
| absolutely stunning to say the least. And, the | | | | Femme Lisant by Picasso. And I can tell you right |
| amount of time it takes as well as the amount of | | | | now it was almost an exact replica of the original! |
| passion that goes into making these pieces of art | | | | This one was of course born in Italy! |
| is incredible. I watched a video on someone | | | | Sand art has a type of artist called a "Sand |
| making one of these sand art items and the | | | | Gallery Senior Artist" and the people that are |
| whole time my mouth was just gaping open. I | | | | lucky enough to have this high ranking title are |
| couldn't believe the way the "picture" just | | | | just a handful of people. The Senior Artist can |
| appeared inside the bottle. | | | | make absolutely anything out of the sand, they |
| If you get a chance to watch something like this, | | | | are the creme de la creme! The Senior is also one |
| take the time to sit down and really pay attention | | | | of the few sand artists that are willing to share |
| because chances are you're going to be pretty | | | | some of the age old secrets of creating a sand |
| amazed at the end product! In fact, if you want | | | | art piece as well as sharing knowledge about the |
| to you can try YouTube and search for "Sand | | | | process. |
| Art" and then look for a video by user | | | | The reason you will only find a handful of sites |
| "Thamir78". There are a few different variations | | | | that do this, is because there are only a small |
| of sand art, but the one I want you to take a | | | | handful of people that do this! I hope you enjoy |
| look at is the ones that are done in decorative | | | | learning more about this beautiful art! |
| bottles! | | | | |