Watch This Psychedelic Sand Pizza Spin Into Existence

Sand art is ephemeral and mesmerizing.

By Tao Tao Holmes

Allow yourself to be captivated by the ever-changing circular patterns of a psychedelic sand pizza.

The dextrous pair of hands in the video belongs to Russian potter and former mathematician Mikhail Sadovnikov, who creates ephemeral art using his fingers, a potter's wheel, and a pile of sand or blob of wet clay. The patterns, which are complex and ever-changing, are nearly impossible to take your eyes off. 

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