Sand Art
Sean Corcoran creates massive sand art drawings with a garden rake on beaches around Ireland and the UK!
Aerial photographs of the artworks are captured using a drone and are available as high quality prints.
A range of these images can be ordered on our ‘Sand Art Prints’ page in a variety of sizes with shipping to Ireland, UK and Europe.
How is Sand Art made?
Many of Sean’s artworks are solo and he is the only person to witness and photograph them. He works all year round in often remote and hard to reach locations. The majority of his work is freehand without the use of string or measuring tapes. Many of his drawings are impromptu as he responds to each individual location.
This is environmental art. Sean chooses the best low tides each month and often only has two or three hours to complete a drawing before the tide returns.
The video above shows the creation of a 300 foot wide sacred symbol called a Sri Yantra. This was part of an international challenge. In order to represent the symbol as accurately as possible Sean’s team in this case included two engineers using GPS guided rovers and 16 satellites with a tolerance of 5mm!
A message from Sean Corcoran
There’s a strange sense of time standing still; self-conscious worldly woes are left behind, as if there is no past or future, just the present. Apart of course for the inevitable tides approach.
I love seeing the reaction from passers-by who might not be exposed to art too often. I have to admit I like to be an anonymous spectator when the artwork is complete and have conversations with anyone who comes along. The conversation is never as honest if they know I’ve made it and some of the comments are priceless!
Collaborative art has become a very important part of my art and life. I love the challenge of trying to connect with a large group of people through art. I find creating beach art with groups to be very rewarding.
Participants often say that the experience is uplifting and therapeutic on many different levels. The fact that the tide will wash it all away creates a poignant atmosphere yet the unity of purpose makes it a joyous occasion. People can connect with themselves and others in a very simple way.
It’s good exercise too, running around in the fresh sea air whatever the weather! Perhaps you’d like to join me on one of our group workshops or community events.
Most of my beach art is created on the Copper Coast but if you’d like to commission me I’d be happy to take on a challenge at your local beach.
Thank you for viewing our sand art page.
BEACH ART ARCHIVE…
We have created a photo record of all the beach art that we’ve created down through the years. You’ll see everything from massive solo drawings in the sand by Sean Corcoran to group events with families, schools, youth groups and work colleagues.
We’ve catalogued over 500 different artworks and we’ve included a single photo of each one in the archive that can be viewed in a photo album on our Facebook page HERE.
Supersonic Sand is an exciting project that combines Electronic Music with Sand Art! Click the image if you’d like to see all of the currently released films and interviews. Supersonic Sand is being co-produced by Rebecca Cappuccini of Viking Promotions and Sean Corcoran of The Art Hand.
Get a print made of this tribute to Sinead O’Connor with proceeds to Amnesty International…https://thearthand.com/nothing-compares-to-you/
Our most recent graduate Siobhan polishing part of #CrockeryMountain…An attempt was made to beat the current record of 33 panels grouted in one day. Sean and Fiona’s fingers failed them while Regina and Siobhan struggled on to reach 26 panels, just 7 panels short of the record! A valiant attempt under the circumstances! 🙏 Stories by Ola 🤩
That's actually quite a nice picture 📸 😀
Lovely picture , we did brilliant 👏😂
Well done Siobhan 👏☘️
That's a beautiful piece.
Great effort all round! Sean is really getting the Whip out now - trying to get us to beat the 33 panel record! Anyone else think he made that up???
Our new aprons won’t stay clean for long! 🤪South East Technological University Calmast ACT Waterford #CrockeryMountain #MosaicMadness #ProductPlacement! 🤩
Looks like great fun was had! FOMO 😏
Our dog Bella fell in love with Regina today and our new aprons courtesy of South East Technological University 🙏
Aaw, adorable! Looks like my Georgie!
Ah Bella came up for a hug so lovable 💞💞
Here's my girl,isn't she just gorgeous with her teeth 😁🤣🤣🤣
They’ve gone bananas! 🤪 An impromptu performance to celebrate Siobhan‘s graduation from level one of the Mosaic Masterclass today! Regina, Fiona and Sean went along with the golden key girl’s mayhem! 🤩🤪🤩#CrockeryMountain #Madness
Ah brilliant great fun today 🥳👏
Poor Sean,trying the wooden spoons to control us, failing miserably 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ah Regina, you're really taking to that mixer 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Regina Byrne
This is still one of our all time favorite panels from Crockery Mountain. 🙏 Yes there are many crazy colorful alternatives, but this one just ticks all the boxes for us! 👌 The overall artwork will be over 40 foot wide and will be unveiled on April 27th during the #waterfordfestivaloffood in #dungarvan.
When we want wind we get a light little breeze 🙃 The Art Hands Birthday Sale has began 🩵 We are open from 12pm to 6pm Friday to Monday 🩵🌊🩵 Lots of bargains to be had, Miranda has up to 50% off a selection of her gorgeous glass paintings 😮 We also have some beautiful new stock for our fabulous suppliers @Misebymajella and @Thelismorecandlecompany
X42PY92 in the heart of The Copper Coast ☘️☀️☘️
More Birthday Celebrations for us The Art Hand Miranda is chatting to Mary O'Neill on The Hot Desk this evening about our new up and coming creative experiences 🙃 We will be rolling these out over the coming months and we're very excited 😊