Andrew Clemens ( 1857 - 1894) was a sand artist from Iowa in the United States. Clemens formed his pictures by compressing natural colored sands inside chemists jars to create his works of art. Clemens' sandpainting career blossomed during his summer vacations from the State School, when he would spend time honing his craft.He would collect naturally colored grains of sand from an area in Pikes Peak State Park known as Pictured Rocks.Clemens separated the sand grains into piles, by color, and used them to form the basis for his art.To create his art he inserted the presorted grains of sand into small glass drug bottles using a homemade tools formed out of hickory sticks and florists wire. His process utilized no glue and pressure from the other sand grains alone held the artwork together. When Clemens completed a sand bottle he sealed the bottle with a stopper and wax.
Andrew Clements sand art
