118+ Land Art Nature Excelente . Basically it involves making sculptures and art from things you might find in nature, such as pebbles, rocks, twigs, sand, pine cones, shells, seed heads, leaves. Land art refers to art that is rooted in the site in which it was created, often with surrounding elements integrated directly into the piece. These things can be made into mandalas, spirals, shapes, animals, or patterns…. Sometimes known also as environmental art, or even earthworks, the movement of land art emerged in the 1960s and gained in popularity and momentum throughout the following.