Rather than traditional art from natural materials or placed in natural settings, sand art fits the definition of land art. The waves lapping at the sand circles are part of the process, creating a newly blank beach canvas by the next low tide. Once the tide comes in, photographs are all that remains of the works of art created on Inchydoney Beach. It reveals itself at a distance, when viewed from the headland separating the Eastern and Western part of the beach, or when photographed by drone from above. The beauty of these sand circles is hard to appreciate up close. When they’re done, the pattern they created will resemble a bouquet of shamrocks, a large Celtic knot, or – more often than not – abstract geometric shapes, made up of interlocking circles, undulating contours or spiralling lines. They look a bit like an extremely fastidious clean-up crew, without anything to actually clean up. With rakes, sticks and other tools, they begin to etch a design into the large, flat expanse of sand. On some days, it also becomes a canvas for a remarkable form of art.Īt low tide, a group of artists gather on the sand canvas stretched out between the ocean and the dunes and set to work on an ephemeral “painting”. Inchydoney Beach on the West Coast of Cork, near the end of Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way, is a remarkable place of natural beauty 365 days a year (yes, even on the 200-odd rainy days). The temporary nature of sand art makes it difficult to plan and even harder to witness. Inspired by works of beach art in California, they work with the natural canvas laid bare at low tide, which is wiped clean once the waves roll in.
A group of artists regularly create large-scale sand circles on a beautiful beach on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way.
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