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Sensational Sand
Sculptures: From Creative Castles to Adorable Dragons
When a
person builds a castle, it’s a strong fortress meant to last hundreds of years.
Yet some people build temporary, fragile castles of sand.
In fact, most
sandcastles are not castles at all but, amazing works of sand sculpture art.
This is a mixture of nature, of art, of science.
Physicists theorize that even more massive sand castles could be built
underwater.
While that would be cool, it would be much harder for the
masses to enjoy the sandy works of art by masters of sand sculpting.
We
really liked these and imagined what it might be like to walk along the beach,
enjoying nature, but taking in giant cultural pieces of sand art at the same
time.
While it’s still summer hot in the USA and some “kids” will soon
start school, let’s globe hop and enjoy a summer day on the beach and these
sensational sand
sculptures.
Dragon Dwellers – Amazin’ Walter and William Lloyds
entry in the Tournament of Sand Sculpting Champions at Harrison
Hot
Springs, British Colombia, Canada. Photo #1 by © Amazin
Walter
The Mechanical Mind Sand Sculpture, from the
International Sand Sculpture championships in Federal Way,
Washington.
Photo #2 by © Robert
Bowman
The photographer wrote, “Dragon Dwellers by Amazin’
Walter and William LLoyd leads this set off.
” Dragon Dwellers baby sand
dragon at Harrison Hot Springs, World Championship
Competition.
Photo #5 by © Amazin
Walter
Sand Fest, Port Aransas, Texas – Amazin’ Walter and
William Lloyd carved this sculpture titled ‘House Broken’.
It won 3rd
Place and Peoples Choice at the Sand Fest. Photo #6 by © Amazin
Walter
Monk… a light dawns – sand sculpture by Amazin’ Walter
and William Lloyd for the Sandfest Competition at Port Aransas,
Texas.
Photo #7 by © Amazin
Walter
Buzzy the Clown Sand Sculpture. The photographer wrote,
“Another of the Sand Sculptures from the International Championship held
in October 2010 in Federal Way Washington.
This is probably not the type
of clown to hire for your child/grandchild’s birthday party!” Photo #9 by © Robert
Bowman
Dinosaur sand sculptures at the Sand Sculpting
Australia ‘Dinostory’ exhibit held at Frankston, Victoria, Australia.
Created by international teams: Peter Bignell (Tasmania, Australia) –
Triceratops skull and logo; Martijn Rijerse (Netherlands)
–
Tyrannosaurus rex scene; Karen Fralich (Canada) – children playing in
foreground; J
ino van Bruissenen and Christina Mija (NSW, Australia) –
background panel. Photo #10 by John
O’Neill
Angel, Lamb & Lion at World Championship
Sand Sculpting Competition in Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia,
Canada.
Photo
#24 by Dan Huntington
“Sand Creations – This was temptation. A devil
on one side with Godiva chocolates under her cape and an angered angel
on the other. Hampton Beach, NH.” Photo #25 by Lori
Hurley
Three-headed dragon sand sculpture in Gijón
strand, Asturias, Spain. The inscprition says: “17 hours – one person – 2000
litres water.” Photo #28 by
GuidoB
Angels and demons with a man at the Nepture
Festival, Virginia Beach Sandsculpting Championship.
Photo #31 by
Matt
‘Discoveries’ theme of the 7TH International Sand
Sculpture Festival, the exploration of the ocean.
Photo #37 by
RHaworth
The photographer wrote, “The theme of the
Seventh International Sand Sculpture Festival was ‘discoveries’.
I am
not quite sure how they classified this dragon as a discovery. Note the knight
beneath its claw and the
sword cast aside.” Photo #46 by
RHaworth
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