Sand in bottles? Andrew Clemens made mind-boggling art
January 28, 2016
More than 100 years after Andrew Clemens made art from sand, Brian Pike used the same techniques to create this 1981 tribute to London’s Buckingham Palace. (Photo credit: Brian Pike/Wikimedia Commons)
Andrew Clemens, an Iowa deaf mute, knew his sands.
He collected colored sands (42 in all) from his own state to arrange into bottles forming pictures. His few surviving artworks have sold for $25,000 and up.
Learn more about the “sand man” and his creations.