Looking at some Native American Sand Work – The Artsology Weblog

I obtained an e-mail from a reader of the weblog who despatched the next footage of some Native American sand artwork that he has in his possession. He defined, “I don’t understand how outdated they’re, my father-in-law collected some Navajo Sand Artwork, and I inherited them when he handed. He had them for over 20 years.” He hoped Artsology may give him extra data on these items, however I needed to admit that whereas I’ve a fundamental understanding of sand artwork, I’m not an knowledgeable in this stuff so far as giving any type of formal evaluation of what he has. I did say that I’d share the photographs, and if anybody on the market has any expertise or scholarly data on Native American Navajo Sand Artwork, we hope that somebody will share what they know within the feedback part beneath. Right here’s the primary one:

Right here’s a second portray, beneath left, together with a element beneath proper from the piece above. I assumed I would come with the element view to provide a more in-depth take a look at the figures. It’s a bit of arduous to inform from these footage, however the gentleman confirmed that each the figures and the background are all sand.

Try this characteristic on Navajo Sand Portray right here.