Project Rotate, an L.A.-based design studio, sells an unusual series of items on their online shop: Desktop Zen garden sand rakes. (I didn’t realize enough people had that hobby to make the business viable.) Made of acrylic and walnut, they’re available in the following varieties:
A six-piece Groove set:
Listen beautiful relax classics on our Youtube channel.
A six-piece Ridge set:
Five individual styles of closer-to-traditional Kawaerakes:
And a Leveler, for when it’s time to start over.
I learned about these rakes from designer Yuki Kawae, who collaborated with Project Rotate on the rakes. Kawae makes mesmerizing sand art videos like this:
Listen beautiful relax classics on our Youtube channel.
Lastly I’ll say, for those of you with 3D printers, I’d think designing and making rakes and selling them on Etsy might be worth a shot.
Source: core77