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Earthscape artist designs fleeting beach attractions

Mr Amador gave up his job 10 years ago to pursue his artistic passion
Mr Amador gave up his job 10 years ago to pursue his artistic passion

Andres Amador, 42, creates designs on beaches from California to the Carribean which often cover a space as large as a football field.

They are raked into beach sand and are sometimes spontaneous and free-flowing, sometimes geometric and precise.

US sand art

Their beauty, however, is always fleeting, waiting to be washed away.

When the tide takes away his work, he is left with a blank slate to start again.

Mr Amador, who calls himself an “earthscape artist”,  was educated as an environmental scientist and previously worked in computer programming.

US artist with sand designs

He gave up his job 10 years ago to pursue his artistic passion.

He uses a camera mounted on a quad-copter to take high sky images of his designs, which he then sells online.