Jim Denevan is an earth artist. I first came across his work after watching the surf film
Thread, which profiles Jim and his amazing sand drawings. For the above circles, he actually starts off using a small stick and draws circles about the size of a quarter, slowly increasing the diameter as he creates more and more circles. He then uses a larger stick, as well as a rake for shading. The outgoing tide provides the canvas, and the incoming tide erases the creation. For more, see a project Jim did in Siberia at
The Anthropologist (my new favorite site), go to Jim's
website, and do scroll down to the bottom of this post to see a short film by Patrick Trefz (director of Thread) on Jim's work.
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