History of Sand Art & Types: Evolution of Sand Art
Sand Art The sand drawing was first recognized by UNESCO as a ritual tradition and practice, but with time, this art evolved into a sand painting, which involves the coloring of sand to create a colorful drawing on a small and large scale. Sand drawing is produced in the sand, volcanic ash, or clay. It consists of "a continuous meandering line on an imagined grid to produce a graceful, often symmetrical composition of geometric patterns." The artist's implement is a single finger. Sand drawing is divided into three types: related forms of art, Vanuatu, and Pitjantjatjara. In correlated forms of art, sand drawings are associated with the Indian sand mandalas because of the geometry-driven shapes they deliver through the manipulation of sand. The work of making patterns in the sand with a rake is also evocative of the Karesansui practice in traditional Japanese rock gardens and of the large-scale Nazca Lines in Peru. The Vanuatu Cultural Centre has noted that the spirit o