Sand Art by Ilana Yahav

Few days ago, I accidentally found a sand art from my Facebook's friend. It was so cool and it did make me so impressive of her work, she is Ilana Yahav. As can see, she only use her fingers to draw, a world renowned sand artist, creates a wonderful and magical story that emerges in front of the eyes of amazed viewers: be it in front of an audience, in video clips or in advertisements. 

Sand art, into which Ilana has put all her energies and talents, is a unique and minimalist art form in which she uses only that which God blessed her with: sand, hands and soul. It is this very simplicity that fascinates her and which makes it so challenging and exciting to her and to her audience. “I was always captivated by the ability of hand gestures to express emotions such as anger, compassion, and love… Just as in dance, such movements create emotions that play a major role in the creation.”

Actually, it is not just sand only, light and music also form important elements of Ilana’s creations. In her works, she uses lights that emerge from under a transparent table, sometimes even multicolored illumination. For the perfect soundtrack, Ilana carefully chooses music that matches the message and the sensations being conveyed.

An art that has become a mission in life

Videos documenting Ilana’s performances and works (such as those available on this website) are disseminated over the Internet by her fan base that is growing by the day. The videos are viewed by millions of people around the world and receive warm and heartening accolades from viewers of all religions, nationalities and fields of art. Ilana sees it as a personal mission to incorporate themes of peace in her works and to distribute these universal themes in the language of art, an inherently universal language.

You can get more videos from here.

 This is Ilana's website URL, please click here for more information.