Andres Amador has been creating these enormous beach drawings for years, working with the tides as both canvas and deadline. His tools are simple (a rake and his feet), but the results, which can span several city blocks, are intricate enough to look like digital planning. They don’t involve any. The work exists for only a few hours before the tide reclaims it, which makes each piece feel like a small act of deliberate impermanence. Land art at its most joyful.
A counterpoint to the snow sculptures ‘tracks‘, via Colossal:
Armed with little more than standard garden rake, environmental artist Tony Plant transforms the breathtakingly scenic beaches of England into temporary canvases for his swirling sand drawings. Each work is created below the tidal zones where the sand is flatter and wetter, allowing for greater contrast as he quickly drags the rake into various geometric patterns. The beauty however is fleeting as the artworks last only a few hours before being consumed by the incoming tide. Recently Plant’s work was used in the music video above byLight Colours Sound for recording artist Ruarri Joseph. If you liked this also check out the sand art of Jim Denevan and Andres Amadore. (via faith is torment)
