Saturday, May 7, 2016

Vietnamese Sand Art


My coworker Bien returned to Vietnam recently to visit his family. He hadn't seen his twin brother and two of his sisters in 19 years!

He brought this back for me. It's made with very fine colored sand. Isn't it amazing?

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The other side has a different picture!
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Here's a video showing how its done.


7 comments:

Anonymous said...

j: So glad Bien went back home, you speak so kindly of him and he also does such nice stuff. Very unusual =N

Mark Shelby said...

But are we talented enough to pick up a grain of sand with chop sticks? ; )

K and S said...

so pretty!

Kay said...

Oh yes! We saw these when we went to Vietnam. They are amazing!

Susan said...

Amazing!

Leslie's pics said...

That was so sweet of him! Now you gotta be nice to him for a little while! :-D ahhahahahahahhaha

jalna said...

N, he's been back awhile and still talks about it. It was a really special trip.

Ahahahaha, don't think so, Mark.

Amazing yah, Kat.

I wouldn't have the patience to do it, Kay.

I knooooow, Susan!

For looooooong time, Les!