Trần Thị Hoàng Lan or Ý Lan, who was
recorded in the Guinness book as a person who collected the most colors of
natural sand in Vietnam. She now has
more than 80 natural colors of sand. Ý Lan uses sand to do sand painting. Her
paintings are stunning, and she is called “The beautiful lady infusing a soul
into the sand” or “The lady playing with sand”. There are some special features
about her and her handicrafts. First, she has never attended to any art school.
With her skill, she only needs a coffee spoon to pour different natural sands
into different types of glass containers, creating many different pictures. For
example, landscapes, calligraphy works, logos, religious themes, person portrayed
the liveliness of the portrait and so on. Because using the natural color sand
and not contain any agglutination her sand painting will last for a supper long
time. Ý Lan’s sand painting is considered as a unique art, and has been famous
among Vietnamese people and oversea people. She has gained so many titles and certificates.
This is her own website, which contains more information about her and her art.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USghzpq-NFo
Here are few of her sand painting:
Minister Hillary Clinton
Prime Minister of New-Zealand_ Rt. Hon. Helen Clark
(Back side)
Sydney Opera House
One-Piller Pagoda
Statue of Liberty
Another Y Lan's sand painting