Sandsculpting

This will give some idea about the amount of work that went into preparing these magnificent scupltures.
The overall theme was animals in their environment or habitat; with Australia, Africa, North and South America, The Orient, and the Creatures of the Deep being represented.

Some animal protraits will follow.

A quick search of the internet turned up the Sand Sculpting Australia website – with plenty of photo’s of all stages of production and tips on how to do-it-yourself.
Sand Sculpting Australia: Photo Gallery

Sandstorm Events Website

On Sunday we headed down to the Australian Sandsculpting 2006 at Rye, on the Mornington Peninsula.

Despite being there in the open air since the middle of February everything was holding-up reasonably well. That is until vandal got in on Satruday night and managed to break bits off of ever sculpture. So if a bit seems to be missing – it probably is!

There are more to come, but this one will give you some idea of the size of these massive piles of sand that the Sculptors work with. That’s one spider that I wouldn’t be trying to scoop up into a Peanut Butter jar and throw out the back door.