There's Something Soothing About Watching This Conceptual Sand Clock Tell Time
Studio Ayaskan a timepiece mimicking a sand garden, and it's just another one in a long line of repurposing the analog clock in the age of the digital era. The analog clock is now seen as a nostalgic piece, and often used as a conceptual work of art, rather than for telling time anymore.
Sand was created by Studio Ayaskan for exactly that purpose.
"Sand, inspired by Zen Gardens, is the gradual formation and flattening of a ripple pattern over a period of twelve hour cycles. Water, on the other hand, tells the ephemeral time through concentric circles in the form of endless waves that ripple by the second. It is the landscapes and the cycles found in nature, that both the projects represent."
And depending on the positioning of the hand and the pattern in the sand is how you can tell the time of day. Beginning in the morning, the comb begins to leave a groove (as shown above on the bottom row). By afternoon, the second revolution of the clock hand wipes the pattern away (as seen in the top row above).
Not exactly the easiest way to answer somebody's question about what time it is, but the aesthetic appeal for the interior of any home is clearly overshadowing in that regard. This is truly a wonderful work of art.Â
The video caption explains:Â
"Within a spacetime continuum, time is perceived as the fourth dimension. The past the present and the future is a whole. Ripples of Time, allow natural materials to be shaped by time, reminding us of its presence." That's deep.