A popular San Luis Obispo County beach typically covered with clams, seaweed and seagulls is in the process of being transformed into a series of massive murals. Nine artists from around the globe are ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — California’s coastline keeps getting sledge-hammered by atmospheric rivers that have left beach town residents wondering, when will January’s storms ever end? Santa Cruz ...

An artist in Ireland creates mind-blowing optical illusions out of sand — and then watches them wash away. Manuel Frolich enjoys going to the beach, but he doesn’t just lounge around like most people.

Gripped between her two hands is a rake that flows like an extension of her body, etching designs into the sand. In her ears, music blares from her headphones. The flowy, multicolored dress-wearing ...

The Japanese practice of drawing patterns in sand, known as “karesansui” or “dry landscape” gardening, is often associated with Zen Buddhism. These gardens are designed to embody a sense of ...

Andrew Clemens invented, then perfected, the art of the sand bottle in the late nineteenth century. By Leslie Umberger and Jill Vaum Rothschild Andrew Clemens, Untitled (The Mary Heye Bottle), 1883, ...

A design exhibition in an Austrian castle celebrates the possibilities of glass. By Jane Margolies This article is part of our Design special section about making the environment a creative partner in ...