You’ve probably seen Simon Beck’s masterpieces floating around the internet. Up close it looks like an army’s marched through the snow. But when you step back — way back — the texture turns into an ...

When the tide is low on the southern Oregon coast, giant spiraling paths can be seen drawn in the sand. In the spring and summer, people flock to Bandon to walk these artistic labyrinths that stretch ...

The Japanese practice of drawing patterns in sand, known as “karesansui” or “dry landscape” gardening, is often associated with Zen Buddhism. These gardens are designed to embody a sense of ...

Andrew Clemens invented, then perfected, the art of the sand bottle in the late nineteenth century. By Leslie Umberger and Jill Vaum Rothschild Andrew Clemens, Untitled (The Mary Heye Bottle), 1883, ...

Damascus, Feb. 16 (SANA) In the winding alleys of Souq Al-Qabaqbiya in Old Damascus, where the rhythmic tapping of artisans’ hammers harmonizes with the scent of ancient history, Syrian craftsmen ...