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.
The idea for Sand comes from this Albert Einstein quote: “Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from matter.”
But, if you’re not philosophically or scientifically inclined, what does that mean? They explain on their website…
Sand was created by Studio Ayaskan for exactly that purpose.
The idea for Sand comes from this Albert Einstein quote: “Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from matter.”
But, if you’re not philosophically or scientifically inclined, what does that mean? They explain on their website…
“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.”
Sand is part of a series of works from Studio Ayaskan aptly titled “Ripples of Time” which also includes a clock designed around the use of water.
So, obviously at this point you’re wondering how this thing tells time. As time passes, the clock hand slowly combs sand in a circular pattern…
