Project Description

The Sand Frame houses sand, air bubbles and a fluid medium that drives the motion of the sand. When the frame is flipped upside down sand is trapped and held by air bubbles, but since the buoyancy of the air bubbles is not strong enough to hold the heavy sand the sand finds a way to escape between bubbles and falls to the base creating an aesthetically pleasing visual effect.

Presentation video

Project timeline with all the blog posts

• February 24, 2016 – Sand Picture Frames: Aly’s Inspiration https://www.aesdes.org/2016/02/24/sand-picture-frames-alys-inspiration/
• March 2, 2016 – Sand Picture PDR: Aly Badran https://www.aesdes.org/2016/03/02/sand-picture-pdr-aly-badran/
• March 9, 2016 –  Sand Picture Frame Top 5 Constrains https://www.aesdes.org/2016/03/09/sand-picture-frame-top-5-constrains/
• March 16, 2016 – Badran: Sand Picture 16th of March Update https://www.aesdes.org/2016/03/16/badran-sand-picture-16th-of-march-update/
• March 30, 2016 –  Sand Picture Frame: Update and 20th Century Design Movement Influences
  https://www.aesdes.org/2016/03/30/sand-picture-frame-update-and-design-movement-influences/
• April 6, 2016 –   Sand Picture Frame 4/6/2016 update https://www.aesdes.org/2016/04/06/sand-picture-frame-462016-update/
• April 12, 2016 –  Building the Sand Picture Frame 🙂 (April 13th update) https://www.aesdes.org/2016/04/13/building-the-sand-picture-frame-april-13th-update/
• April 21, 2016 –  Sand Frame: Final Project Report Part 1 https://www.aesdes.org/2016/04/21/sand-frame-final-project-report-part-1/
• April 27, 2016 – Sand Frame: Final Project Report Part 2 https://www.aesdes.org/2016/04/27/sand-frame-final-project-report-part-2/