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Published: 2011-08-30 19:33:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 14263; Favourites: 268; Downloads: 34
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I can't even build a dang sand castle without it falling apart...it almost seems impossible to do this kind of work!
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I must say u did an amazing job there!!! this reminds me of Final Fantasy for some reason
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Holy cripes, that's an incredible sculpture!
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Oh my god. Love this so much.
I have no idea how you even do these things, how to get close enough to the top without the mount falling over do you build scafolding?
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Sand is compacted in wooden or plastic forms. We only remove form when we are ready to carve, so the lower forms serves as scafolding.
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Ahhh interesting. You must plan extremely carefully. Do you build the form around the rough idea or is the form just the same boxes that you can use each time? Do you import special sand or just excavate whatever sand is on the beach you're working on?
It's so amazing! And I love your style especially. At first I didn't believe it and thought it was 3D renders. hahaha. But I found videos and stuff. So cool!!
Thanks for the explanation.
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For this one particular case, the forms were pre-compacted. Every contestant had the same forms. Usually, we design form plans according to the sculptures. Plans are rough at best, we just want to make sure we have enough material to carves, but not to much so we don't shovel to much of it for no reason. We use whatever sand the event is whiling to get. Beach sand usually isn't very good, but some places has decent beach sand. River sand and sand digged from quarry are much better for their fine and sharp grains and the natural silt they contain.
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Ah ha, yes this makes sense. I was thinking about typical california beach sand and thinking it would be hard to get it to stay. And also that this sand doesn't look that way. Looks very fine and more stable. Very interesting.
Thanks!
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This sculpture looks like a demon fromΒ Shin Megami Tensei Β ! If you looked at some of the female demons I bet you'd agree, I love how cool this is.
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Omg it would have been awesome if you had plaster cased this!! then you could make awesome statue copies!!!!
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I totally agree. I know part of the beauty of sand art is it's impermanence but really...these would be amazing statues. or casts as iEATPANDA suggests
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Do it!! Rebuild and cast
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This is the most amazing sand sculpture ive ever seen!Β
very cool design.Β
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