Hello, I’m Charlene Lanzel… It's been more than 12 years since I launched my sand animation business, back in February 2011, and so much has happened since then. I've created over 100 custom sand animations for corporate and private clients. I use a light box, sand, and my hands to create fluid emotional stories, synced to a unique musical soundscape. These sand animations are simultaneously projected large screen for live audiences to experience, or filmed in HD for your live or virtual event. I've done animations for Cirque du Soleil, MTV News, Travel & Leisure, Doodle 4 Google, GE Heal ..read more

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It's been 12 years since I launched my sand animation business, back in February 2011, and so much has happened since then... I've created over 100 custom sand animations for corporate and private clients. I use a light box, sand, and my hands to create emotional stories synched to a unique musical soundscape, which can be simultaneously projected large screen for live audiences to experience, or filmed in HD for your live or virtual event! I've done animations for Cirque du Soleil, MTV News, Travel & Leisure, Doodle 4 Google, GE Healthcare, TBS Network and many more. I've performed at ama ..read more

"In every grain of sand there is a story." Charlene Lanzel’s sand animation videos are a refreshing way to tell your story at a live event or virtual meeting. An .mp4 video of your custom sand animation can be created in HD for large screen viewing at your corporate event, dinner, party, wedding, trade show or virtual event. Your video story will be filmed in real time, but can be sped up in post production, for quicker viewing. Include branding, logos, memorable experiences, portraits, or beautiful scenes and themes of your choice… all synched to a custom musical soundscape. Please ..read more

Fall in love... with a work of sand art! VISIT MY SHOP: https://www.legaleriste.com/charlene.lanzel A portion of profits from the Metamorphosis collection will be donated to a charity to save monarchs. I’ve created my very own ethical clothing and product line, bringing my art to the fashion world. My original sand art is now being produced on high-end clothing and accessories, with fabric designed by me in Los Angeles, and made to order, with love, in Montréal. The products are humanely and environmentally responsible, with ethical sourcing and sustainable production. All fabrics are vegan ..read more

Here's a new sand art story I've just released on YouTube... I've been working on this for a long, long time (over 5 years), and I hope you enjoy it. Not only did I create the illustrations in sand, but this is also my first attempt at creating the music that syncs with the sand art, as well! These illustrations are just a preview... I'm still learning the animation. I'm currently looking for venues to perform this sand animation live. If you know of a good venue for me to perform this animation, let me know in the comment section below. "Little Snowhite" is based on the original Grimm's fair ..read more

What’s Your Story? How do you feel? We are all storytellers… It seems that human needs, in order of importance, are: nourishment, storytelling, love, then shelter. Storytelling predates writing. Early stories were usually oral, with gestures and expressions. Symbols were painted on cave walls, to help the storyteller remember what happened. Tree trunks, sand, rocks and leaves were also utilized. Throughout history, images were carved, scratched, painted, printed and inked onto pottery, sand tablets, stones, leaves, skins, cloth, paper, silk, canvas, film… and eventually created using today’s m ..read more

Sand animation is a form of live projection art, which utilizes a glass top table illuminated from beneath. Above the table is an overhead camera, connecting to a high power projector and screen system, providing both entertainment and instruction for today’s modern audiences.  While exploring some links between old and new formats, from the Camera Obscura to today’s digital technology, it seems that evolutions in projection technology often make the past fade away, as the future keeps moving ahead…. The Camera Obscura, similar to a pinhole camera, was developed back in 1604. It was a na ..read more

Metamorphosis by Sand Artist | Charlene Lanzel Original Soundscape by Charlene Lanzel and Barrett Cobb (flute & vocals) On July 21st, 2022 the migratory Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) was added to the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species, as Endangered. Monarchs are threatened by pesticides and herbicides, as well as urban development, deforestation and climate change, which are killing off the native milkweed plants that monarch larvae need to survive. The western population is at greatest risk, having declined by about 99.9% since the 1980’s. In North America, millions of monarchs ..read more

Watching sand animation come to life, in real time, has an extraordinary effect on the audience. Audience members are uncontrollably drawn into Charlene’s seemingly real world made up of sand characters, trees, mountains and seas. Live sand art is a magical art form that charms. Creating images conjured seemingly effortless, like an oracle or a magician, Charlene's hands skate on glass like a kind of dance. The moving sand creates continuously fluid and poetic figures with original storytelling. Old and young watch and listen together, and all is in harmony, because they all share the same emo ..read more