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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