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The Sand Art Bottles of Andrew Clemens, 2D Ed.

The Sand Art Bottles of Andrew Clemens, 2D Ed.

Sucholeiki, Roy

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Folk & Outsider Art

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ISBN10: 1476696950
ISBN13: 9781476696959
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: May 25 2026
Pages: 196
Height: 0.13 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

The sand art bottles of Andrew Clemens (1857-1894) draw reactions of astonishment and disbelief. Deaf by the age of 6, Clemens had a challenging early childhood. But growing up in a supportive family and community, he persevered. In his youth he began creating sand art that he sold from his home and local shops in his hometown of McGregor, Iowa. In time, he developed his craft to an extraordinary degree using simple tools to precisely position grains of naturally colored sand inside glass bottles. His works were an inspiration to other artists that tried to follow in his footsteps, only to find they could not match the master of the craft. In his short life Clemens made hundreds of sand bottles, only a portion of which survive in museums and private collections.

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