Eye on arts July. 2013 | Page 6

Sand art ( the formation of creations , pictures and imagery ) is an admired activity seeped in history and with many different cultural components . It involves varied techniques , materials and has embraced an array of subject matters . Sand art may be divided into three main categories : sand art paintings , bottled sand art and sculpture sand art
History :
According to Sand Gallery , what is most commonly known today as sand art , originated in the city of Petra in Jordan , during the early 20th century . Sand Gallery goes further to state that , the craft was inspired by the multi-colored sand and rocks found in the Petra Mountains and that during the last half of the 1940s , artistic designs inspired by camels grew in popularity . It is claimed by Sand Gallery that these designs were evident in the bottles found from that period of time , from which its basic shapes could be noticed .
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