Century Bottles with Sand Art

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Hearing-impaired and mute, late artist Andrew Clemens created an amazing series of sand bottles that date back more than a hundred years ago.

These glass bottles, which Clemens spent hours creating, are packed with colorful sand without the use of any glue. The late artist from Iowa would use specially made tools to form the sand grains into intricate images.

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Artist via Taxi.
McGregor’s art is available at auction, though be warned it isn’t cheap and runs into the tens of thousands of USD.

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