Olander Earthworks

Olander Earthworks Play Well 🧡.

Olander Earthworks is an artisanal manufacturing company that creates meditative sensory sand spheres and interactive Wonderscape sand gardens for a calm desktop and home.

04/22/2026

You didn’t lose your creativity.

You just stopped playing.

Somewhere along the way, everything became about productivity, outcomes & doing things “right”. But creativity doesn’t come from pressure, it comes from moments like this…

A few seconds of movement. Small pauses. A chance to create without expectation.

That’s when it all comes rushing back.

Send this to someone who needs a quick little reset and reminder today 💗.


04/22/2026

You don’t need to “find” your creativity again.

It’s still there.

Buried under all the deadlines, the pressures and the idea that everything you do has to be productive.

But it only takes a few moments of play to feel it come back. This is your reminder to slow down. Create without a goal. You’re allowed to play ✨

Some of us have this all figured out and if that’s you, keep scrolling! But, I find that even if I know this to be true, the stress and pressure keep flowing back in and I need to remind myself daily to slow down and open up my mind to play.

If that’s you too, here’s a quick 30 second reminder ☺️. And send this to someone else who needs a moment like this!

Sarah is playing with a Curls sand sphere in a deep dish natural 11” Wonderscape tray. What’s a Wonderscape? It’s a simple, tactile way to reconnect with your creativity and calm your nervous system through sensory play. Wonderscapes are hand-crafted tools designed to help you slow down, reset, and return to yourself in just a few moments.

04/21/2026

In a world that moves quickly, it’s easy for the mind to stay in motion long after it needs to.

A simple, daily rhythm can help bring things back into balance.
Something tactile, something steady, something real.

Not everything needs to be optimized or accelerated.
Sometimes what helps most is creating with your hands.
Something sensory you can touch, shape, and return to.

Wonderscapes offer a quiet way to ground and recenter at your desk:

🖐️ A small, sensory pause in the middle of a full day.

🌱Just a moment between meetings or calls to let your hands move and your mind follow.

No pressure. No outcome.
Just a simple reset and then you begin fresh.

Even 30 seconds can shift the way the rest of the day unfolds.

If this resonates, feel free to share it with someone who could use a moment of calm 🧡.

Sarah is playing with an XL sand sphere (Brain Coral) in an 11” deep dish tray in natural with 12oz of sand.

04/20/2026

Your daily dose of calm. Get into the flow state ✨

Flow doesn’t always come from doing more. Sometimes it starts with doing something simple… slowly.

Let your hands move.
Follow the texture.
Get curious for no reason at all.

It’s the same kind of presence that showed up so naturally in childhood, when play didn’t need a purpose.

Wonderscapes offer a small way back into that space:

A moment to create, to feel, to reset.
Even 30 seconds can shift you into a different rhythm.

Save this for when you need to come back to yourself 🌿

Today, Sarah is playing in an 11” Deep Dish Wonderscape with a 12oz bag of sand and a blue/ink Brain Coral sand sphere.

04/20/2026

Dear 10-year-old me. Let’s play 😍

There’s something about childhood that many of us recognize —
a kind of curiosity that didn’t need a reason.

Creating just to explore.
Playing just because it felt good.
Following whatever caught your attention for a moment longer.

In a fast-moving world, Wonderscapes offer something simple:

A moment to slow down, create, and return to yourself.

No pressure. No outcome.
Just a small pocket of time to reconnect with your senses.

Even 30 seconds can feel like a reset.

If this resonates, feel free to share it with someone who might need a gentle pause 💛

04/19/2026

Dear 10-year-old me. Let’s play 😍

In a fast-moving world, Wonderscapes offer something simple:

A moment to slow down, create, and return to yourself.

To remember what it felt like
to explore without a goal,
to make something just because,
to get lost in your senses.

That version of you is still here.
Still curious. Still playful. Still enough.

All it takes is a moment to meet them again. ✨

04/15/2026

Seconds Sale is Here! 🥳

Our 8th Annual 40% Off Seconds Sale Is Live 🤗. Comment RUN, and we’ll message you with a link to the sale (or head to the link in our profile 😎).

Seconds are imperfectly perfect Spheres/Wonks that have little imperfections, but still work just fine. You get a deal on a handmade piece of art, we get to make room in our studio for new things and our small biz gets a revenue infusion at a typically slow time of year. It’s a win-win for everyone!

Discounts are automated and show up at checkout, but here are the details:

Use code SECONDS2026 for 40% off Seconds spheres & Wonks.

Use code SECONDSTRAYS30 for 30% off Seconds Trays. FYI: Those are almost gone.

Have fun and we wanna hear what you got in the comments 🤗.

04/15/2026

Let’s go! 🥳

Our 8th Annual Seconds Sale is live and it’s so much fun to see your haul 🤗. 40% off is a significant amount off for a handmade piece and this is by far, our biggest sale of the year! Comment DEAL and I’ll send ya a link to the sale 😎.

Seconds are imperfect Spheres/Wonks that have little imperfections, but still work just fine. You get a deal on a handmade piece of art, we get to make room in our studio for new things and our small business gets a revenue infusion at a typically slow time of year. It’s a win-win for everyone!

The discounts are automated and show up at checkout, but here are the details!

Use code SECONDS2026 for 40% off Seconds spheres & Wonks.

Use code SECONDSTRAYS30 for 30% off Seconds Trays. FYI: Those are almost gone.

Have fun and tell us what you got in the comments 🤗.

04/15/2026

40% Off Seconds Sale Is Live! 🎉

Our 8th Annual Seconds Sale is here, and y’all are scoring some great things 🤗. Comment DEAL and we’ll message you a link to the sale, or you can also find a link in our profile 🧡. Please help us share this post so we can get the word out there!

Seconds are imperfect Spheres/Wonks that have little imperfections in the concrete, but still work just fine. Many even wonder what the imperfection is. You get a deal on a handmade piece of art, we get to make room in our studio for new things and our small business gets a revenue infusion at a typically slow time of year. It’s a win-win for everyone.

The discounts are automated and show up at checkout, but here are the details!

Use code SECONDS2026 for 40% off Seconds spheres & Wonks.

Use code SECONDSTRAYS30 for 30% off Seconds Trays. These are almost gone!

04/09/2026

Last Chance! 😆

Sign up for our e-mail list to get the exact day/time the sale goes live. Trust me, it’s sooo worth it to get the best selection!

Our 40% off Seconds Sale helps out our small business during a traditionally slow time of year, and is also a great way for us to offer significantly lower prices on handmade items. Not to mention it helps us to clear out our stock. It’s a win-win for everyone!

Every year this sale expands, and we outdid ourselves yet again this year. What are Seconds? They’re our slightly imperfect spheres that are still perfectly useable, but just don’t meet our extremely high QC levels.

Do you know therapists, educators, counselors, or anyone working in the mental health field? Please help us get the word out, because this is a fantastic way to stock up! Also, it’s school auction time, and these make wonderful auction or teacher appreciation gifts.

A few tips:

1. Come up with a list of favorite spheres (can’t guarantee they’re all in the sale, but it’ll help you move quickly.
2. Team up with a friend to get over $100, and you’ll get free shipping (US only)!
3. Set a timer (or two!) for the date and time of the start of the sale.

Get ready!!! 🤠

04/06/2026

This is what small business looks like!

For 17 1/2 years we’ve gotten to tinker, dream & play and you’ve been right there cheering us on. We’ve built a business closely informed by feedback from our community. We did this together!

Putting together your Wonderscape with you is something we enjoy so much. These clips are from in Seattle this past February. Look at all the different Wonderscapes that were created!

This next few Saturdays we’ll be in booth #206 if you want to build your own. Share with a friend visiting Portland soon!

04/03/2026

IYKYK 🫢

Can you guess⁉️

Big announcement via e-mail in a couple weeks- you’re gonna want to sign up for our e-mail list for this one! 😎

Those of you who’ve been around for a while, do you know what’s coming?!

We’re prepping like mad for it and every year it gets a little bigger.

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7440 NE Sandy Boulevard
Portland, OR
97213

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+15033481998

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Who We Are

Founded in 2008, made in the USA. All original designs by Andrew Lonnquist, a sculptor with experience in casting, woodworking and jewelry. We’re proud to say all of our designs are handmade in our Portland studio.

In 2014, Andrew’s wife Sarah joined full-time and now co-owns the business with Andrew. Sarah was trained as a painter, but brings 10 years of administrative and customer service experience to the table. As the company has expanded, it has grown to include six close-knit part-time employees, who help with casting and finishing work.

We specialize in small cement sculpture and carry four distinct product lines including sand spheres, expressive wall-hanging faces, quirky table top heads and a line of wall-hanging animal heads. Although each piece is hand cast from a mold, they are each individually processed and pigmented, meaning that each sculpture retains its own unique quality.