After getting permission for the art installation from Mayor Patrick Rosenello, Pohle spent two months planning it and three days gluing about 350 sand dollars onto a painted, wooden frame.

SandFest will be this weekend in Port Aransas but before it even begins there is an art exhibit of masterpieces made from sand dollars. It's the work of Steve Davis, the pieces are on display at ...

The sand dollar is an unlikely architectural muse. It is hard, often misshapen, and relatively flat, all of which makes it just about the last thing you’d model a building after.