Art Clay & Sand

Sand animation is a term which has two meanings. It is the name given to a style of live performance art, and also to a type of animation. more...

Home
Airbrush
Art Clay & Sand
Basketry
Beads
Bedazzler
Bernina Sewing Machine
Berroco Yarn
Buttons
Candle Soap Making
Card Embroidery
Card Making
Cardmaking Scrapbooking
Ceramic Molds
Creative Memories
Crochet
Cross Stitch
Embroidery
Fabric
Fabric Quilt
Fiskars
Floral Supplies
Handcrafted & Finished...
Home Arts & Crafts
Husqvarna Sewing
Husqvarna Viking
Janome Sewing Machine
Kids' Crafts
Needlecrafts & Yarn
Quilting
Sewing

In the former, an artist creates a series of images using sand, a process which is achieved by applying sand to a surface and then rendering images by drawing lines and figures in the sand with one's hands. To increase visibility and to add further artistic aesthetic, a sand animation performer will often use the aid of an overhead projector or lightboard. In the latter, animators move around sand on a backlighted or frontlighted piece of glass to create each frame for their animated films. Caroline Leaf is a pioneer of this type of animation. It has also been intermittently used in recent years by Belarusfilm.

Popular artists

Performance artists

Ferenc Cakó is arguably one of the most popular artists of this medium. Examples of performances by Cakó and many other sand animation artists can be found readily online.; Ilana Yahav is famous for the Qwest commercials.; David Myriam; Ahmad Habash is famous for the "flee" short sand animation and the performance "from the memory of the sand" at the third anniversary to commemorate the late president Yasser Arafat.;

Animators/films

Natalya Antipova

Lyulyaki, Люляки (2003), co-directed with Veronika Fyodorova ; The Hot-tempered Man, Вспыльчивый человек (Vspylchivyy chelovek) (2004) ;

This Bird is Mine, Птичка «Это мое» (Ptichka "Eto moyo") (2002) ;

The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend (1974) (watch);

Animando (1987) (watch);

The Tale of a Little Bug, Сказочка про козявочку (Skazochka pro kozyavochku) (1985) ; Night, Ночь (Noch) (1986) (uses coffee);

Forest Tales, Сказки леса (Skazki lesa) (1996) ;

Snow Will Cover the Roads, Засыплет снег дороги... (Zasyplet sneg dorogi...) (2003) (uses salt rather than sand) ; Compromix, Компромикс ;

Tracery (2000); Vasana, Васана (2006);

Read more at Wikipedia.org