Swirls | Sand Sphere | Blue/Gila

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$ 33.00 USD

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Color: Blue/Gila

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This original design embraces organic flow; any way you roll, the texture integrates gracefully, never suggesting a “mistake”. Enjoy the undulating, mesmerizing soft-serve patterns of this exceptional sensory sphere.

Product Details

2 5/16" diameter

How To Use

Swirls can be stamped from above to create circular swirl patterns, rolled in circles, rolled in lines, or moved organically to create random swirly textures. There is no right or wrong way to use it. Smooth the sand and start again whenever you want a new pattern.

There are lots of ways to play. You can roll, stamp, twist and twirl. Keep your hand in contact with the sphere for best pattern transfer.

Avoid knocking spheres into each other. No Bocci!
Scraping or knocking the spheres can chip and degrade the surface.
Play gently.

Usage Tips

Give your sphere a couple taps against your palm before removing it from your Wonderscape to avoid loose sand grains.

Keep it Clean

Whether or not any mess results from engaging your Wonderscape is entirely up to you.

Care Instructions

If your texture makers get a little smudged, sticky or dirty, they can be gently scrubbed under running water with a sponge or nylon brush; no cleaners are necessary. Allow sculptures time to fully dry before placing them back in the sand.

Our Handmade Process

Swirls is an original Olander Earthworks design, carved by hand in our Portland studio. Each detail is shaped until the pattern feels right; some original sphere designs can take as many as 100 hours to complete.

Swirls sand sphere creating circular patterns in a sand tray — Swirls can be stamped or rolled to create circular textures in sand.

Swirls can be stamped from above, rolled in circles, rolled in lines, or moved organically to create random swirly textures. There is no right or wrong way to make a mark: smooth the sand and begin again whenever you want a new pattern.

Swirls patterning orb shown with its textured surface — The carved surface gives Swirls its organic, repeating pattern.

Swirl pattern made in sand by the Swirls texture sphere — Each mark can be smoothed away and remade, so the piece stays interactive.

Once the original design is complete, we create a mold and hand-pour the spheres in concrete in small batches. Each piece is finished by hand before it leaves the studio.

Original Olander Earthworks sand sphere designs made by hand — Each original design begins as a hand-shaped sculptural pattern.

Andrew hand-carving a sphere design in the Olander Earthworks studio — Some original sphere designs can take as many as 50 hours to complete.

Small-batch concrete sand spheres being made in the Olander Earthworks studio — After the design is finished, the studio creates a mold and hand-pours small batches.

The result is a handmade sensory sphere with small-batch character, rather than a mass-produced piece. Your purchase supports a small ecosystem of artists and makers in our Portland studio.

Olander Earthworks studio process for handmade sand spheres — Each piece is finished by hand before it leaves the Portland studio.

From our hands to yours, we take pride in what we do and would love to connect with you by e-mail or social media. Follow us on Instagram or Facebook to see and share. We post studio pics, new product releases and more. Happy rolling!