Crop circles, minus the crops.

March 20, 2005 11:20 AM

Sand circles. A group called Phidelity has been making sand art on the beaches of California with some string, a couple of rakes, and a trowel. Check out photos, and a time lapse video [.mov] of the team at work. Just make sure you check the tides before you start working. [via]
posted by monju_bosatsu (12 comments total)

These are beautiful and I will be in San Francisco next week
posted by robbyrobs at 11:25 AM on March 20, 2005

Oh man, this makes me want to go to the beach so bad.

Too bad I'm 2000 miles from Little CDM.
posted by kenko at 11:39 AM on March 20, 2005

These are lovely. Crop Circles + Andy Goldsworthy.
posted by gwint at 11:45 AM on March 20, 2005

yeah, I wanna play !! /me moves out of landlock
posted by gren at 11:52 AM on March 20, 2005

Cool! Thanks.
posted by numlok at 12:48 PM on March 20, 2005

Phi is a friend of mine - cool he got linked here. Be sure and check his other artwork and music.
posted by paramnesia at 12:51 PM on March 20, 2005

Very nice -- I especially like how they developed a whole different aesthetic for the sand circles. It's much more appropriate to sand than the crop circle designs.
posted by ontic at 1:24 PM on March 20, 2005

Hee. What fun.
posted by dejah420 at 1:57 PM on March 20, 2005

this is awesome... what patience!
posted by moonbird at 3:41 PM on March 20, 2005

I love that they clean the beach up when they work.
Good on them, man.
posted by wells at 3:42 PM on March 20, 2005

Just for clarification: Phidelity isn't a group -- it's a guy named Kris Northern. He's a designer and musician from SF ... and one of my all-time favorite DJs. Assuming his bandwidth doesn't get destroyed, I encourage y'all to check out his DJ mixes. The top one is my favorite.
posted by arielmeadow at 6:37 PM on March 20, 2005

I love the newspaper clipping at the bottom of that page.

"Park ranger's killer to be freed soon"
"House sifted for clues to death"
"Big beach art -- here one day, gone the next"
posted by billybunny at 9:59 PM on March 20, 2005