Victor DeGraff established the Sands of Time studio in Cobden, Illinois in 1980. There he developed a technique of using all natural colored sands to make permanent sand paintings. He was drawn to the southern Illinois area due to the abundance of natural colored sandstone in the area. Not restricted to that area, he has gathered sands from all parts of the United States, as well as traded sand colors with members of the International Sand Collectors Society’s some 1500 members. Some of the more vibrant colors come from minerals like azurite, sodalite, etc. collected by a fellow sand painter in South Africa.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Mr. Sandman
Victor DeGraff established the Sands of Time studio in Cobden, Illinois in 1980. There he developed a technique of using all natural colored sands to make permanent sand paintings. He was drawn to the southern Illinois area due to the abundance of natural colored sandstone in the area. Not restricted to that area, he has gathered sands from all parts of the United States, as well as traded sand colors with members of the International Sand Collectors Society’s some 1500 members. Some of the more vibrant colors come from minerals like azurite, sodalite, etc. collected by a fellow sand painter in South Africa.
