naturally colored rock sand in pharmacy bottle, sealed with wax, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the estate of Mary Brashier, granddaughter of Mary Heye, 2021.69. Brothers Ken Brashier ...

Remember sand art from when you were a kid? It's that craft where you took a clear, empty bottle and poured in layer upon layer of colored sand until the whole thing was filled to the brim.

Andrew Clemens was an Iowa folk artist. He created beautiful works of art in bottles using different colored sands. It is estimated that there are less than 50 of his works surviving. Well ...