Back In the day we used to create Sand Circles on Ocean Beach in San Francisco.
We used simple geometry to create scalable shapes which we could make large scale on the beach. My friend Tony Grisey filmed the making of this from the top of Sutro Heights cliff as we tried to finish the piece before the tide rolled back in. (we didnt make it and Tony ran out of battery power right before the water ate the edge of our piece.)
More photos from this particular circle
Heres an archive of other circles we've done in the past.
I am currently looking for collaborators to work with in the oregon coast area. Currently looking for a video monkey to do the timelapse video, and collaborators. Please email if you are interested in collaborating late spring in a camp out on the Oregon Coast and making some epic sand art.
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Beautiful sand art!
Thanks to you for making our world a more beautiful place.
Do you think crop circles are also made this same way as you make the sand circles, by humans? Or are the crop circles something else entirely, not man-made? Just curious!
Kramer – I think the basis of how most cropcircles are made are rooted in sacred geometry – Some of the crop circles are demonstrably man-made – however some seem to defy what could possibly be achieved by humans with boards and ropes in terms of complex geometry, perfect interweaving of stalks and the burst nodes. I consider myself open minded when it comes to the source of these unexplainable phenomenon and am waiting to see what comes of them.
Beautiful sand designs! What are you working on these days? I am a photo/ video artist- maybe we'll sync up.
Peace
Rory