Louse Point, Amagansett NY
In the late 1940's, at Louse Point, the sculptor Costantino Nivola and the architect Le Corbusier experimented with sand-casting relief designs for use as building decorations. They carved into wet sand and filled the carvings with plaster which, when set, had a naturally gritty surface and was often studded with pebbles, shells and seaweed flecks.
Mr. Nivola refined this technique and built a sand-casting area near his Amagansett studio, where he executed decorative elements for many architectural commissions using Island sand. Source www.nytimes
Refer to this site for Le Corbusier's stay in the Hamptons: mondo-blogo.blogspot
Mr. Nivola refined this technique and built a sand-casting area near his Amagansett studio, where he executed decorative elements for many architectural commissions using Island sand. Source www.nytimes
Refer to this site for Le Corbusier's stay in the Hamptons: mondo-blogo.blogspot
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| Le Corbusier, Louse Point, NY |
Here are some photos I took at Louse Point:
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| Artists: The soul of the Hamptons |
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