A Blast at Sandblast November 19, 2011
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This morning, after a quick visit to the Farmer’s Market to pick up fresh baked bread, tomatoes, peppers, watermelon, and other goodies, we headed to the beach to check out the Sandblast Sand Sculpting Competition.
The sand sculptors fashion art with just a few simple ingredients: sand, water, time, and patience:
Each year, Santa Claus (or Sandy Claws, if you prefer) makes an appearance:
In addition to the professional sculptors, local teams compete while raising money for the local Rotary Club.
See ya later . . . Al E. Gator!
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oh I love Farmers markets and also sand sculptures. I am glad you had such a good day.
Delightful. And delicious ~ especially the warm from the oven bread. Thanks, Judith.
I’ve tried to do this. Forget it. It is astonishing to me how they do this esp ones that are ornate in detail. Like the gator.
I’m with you, Carl. We love seeing what others have done but have no plans to adopt sand sculpture as a hobby.
Those sand sculptures are AMAZING! Wow!…I can’t believe they stay together like that…or that people had so much patience to sculpt with such detail! wow. What a nice day for you and BFF !
One secret we’ve picked up . . . really PACK the sand so that it holds its shape.
I admire people who can create stuff like that out of sand.
It’s amazing to me how they get the moisture of the sand just right . . . not too wet, not too dry.
Sounds like a great day. We don’t get many Farmers’ markets locally, so when they appear we rush early to get the best goodies.
The Bradenton Farmer’s Market offers art, food, and music in a few block radius. When the weather’s nice, it’s a great start to Saturday mornings for us.
Oooh, this is so cool and what an amazing talent! Glad you shared as I enjoy looking at creativity. 🙂
Same here. It’s fun watching the kids compete in local teams as well . . . I didn’t take photos of their creations because they were still hard at work playing in the sand.
Those are fantastic! Thanks for sharing your pictures and letting us enjoy those too! 🙂 Sounds like it was a lovely day 🙂
It was, indeed. Thanks, Dounia.
I’d do this professionally if someone paid me enough.
Some SandBlasters are paid to create with sand . . . and teach others to do the same. If you don’t get into the NASA space program, it could be your fall back plan. 😀
Incredible! I envy and admire their patience.
Artisans of the BEACH! 😎
Oh very cool they used to do this in San Diego.
Everyone loves SandCastles . . . except, perhaps, the waves that chip away at the creations as the tide rolls in.
What a great day. Shopping local, seeing people have fun displaying their talent, and fresh warm bread. \O/
Exactly. Buying fresh local produce and bread makes it a good day . . . checking out castles in the sand kicks it up a notch. 😎
These are so awesome. I love the Garfield and Odie.
Me too! I’m waiting for them to do a Tigger and Roo theme some year.
congrats to the sand sculptors. It’s amazing to see their work of art. How talented these individuals are… thanks for sharing…
Glad you enjoyed, aRVee!
Yeah I like it and I admire their talents. If I have to make it will be just using a cup lol… 🙂
The most elaborate I’ve ever gotten with castle building is a plastic pail, shovel, rake, and metal spoon.
Sandblast. Thank you for giving me another fundraising idea for my Rotary Club, Nancy!!
Ooh, cool!
Sand Scuptors are incredibly talented…
It’s an interesting medium. We enjoyed watchng the teams work together to transform piles of damp sand into works of art . . . and they seemed to be having a blast. 😎
It’s such a pity that some of their creations are not permanently housed somewhere…
Perhaps the transience is what makes them so special. That’s why Buddhist monks create and then dismantle gorgeous mandalas . . . to remind us that all things must pass.
I always associate Christmas with snow. This looks far better- and warmer! 🙂
Hi Zoe! The holidays down here are merry and bright . . . with nary a snowflake in sight.
brilliant – thank you for sharing your wonderful morning.
wonderful details – lots of skill here. and as you say, incredible patience.
reminds me of someone saying how someone was praying for patience once, with the add-on, “and i want it right now!”
🙂
Very funny. I’ve found the best way to grow in patience is to Be Here Now. When we are fully present in the present, there is no more waiting or striving to get someplace else in a hurry.
We are already exactly in the right place (Here) at the right time (Now). As we enjoy everything offered in THIS moment, life unfolds at from one moment to the next.
Aah . . . that’s better.
These are amazing. I love sand sculptures. Such a shame they get washed away, though. Thank goodness for cameras 🙂
Sand castles remind me of the transience and impermanence in life itself . . . Enjoy this moment, it won’t last. The future soon will be the past. Day quickly becomes the night. Fill each moment with delight.
All things must pass.
Wow! It would be hard not to enjoy that event. And obviously the creators do it simply for the love of the art, since sand castles cannot be lasting. How inspiring!
Yes . . . sandcastles celebrate the journey of creation rather than a desire for “immortality.” 😀
I LOVE these things. I’ve seen them here occasionally in the center of malls, although it’s been a while. I truly can’t figure out how they do it.
It’s interesting to watch them brushing away the grains of sand to reveal the “castle” within.
Thanks for sharing. Love those pics.
Thanks, Clar
I marvel at sand and ice artists who go to such lengths to create a piece that is going to disappear.
Does that mean the absence of full blown ego?
I guess that depends on how much posturing and preening they do for the cameras BEFORE it disappears. 😉
Ahhhhhhh! Very good point !! Kinda like the point is not the destination, but the process. Thanks for that refocus, souldipper!!
I meant to say, ” . . . but the journey ” . It’s easy to forget that, eh?
Journey = Process
Destination = Outcome
It’s all one and the same. As soon as we use X as a means to an end (attaining Y) . . . then we are striving for something in the future rather than enjoying what is offered Here and Now.
Wow that looks like so much fun!
The teams we watched yesterday were definitely enjoying themselves as they fashioned manatees, octopus, turtles, etc.
It’s great exercise too . . . lots of bending and stretching. 😉
Oh my gosh, these are great, thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed. I thought people might get a kick out of seeing them.
WoW! Those are amazing works of sand art. Wish i were there to see them up close. 🙂
Next time, I’ll have to take more and better photos. I just snapped a few to share with my nieces and thought I’d pop them into a quick post.
Thanks for taking, then sharing the pics of those sand sculptures. They are amazing. I’ve always wondered what the artists feel like, as eventually, the tide washes away all that hard word and creativity?
Maybe they enjoy the process of creation more than the end result. When we no longer view what we are creating as a means to an end, we enjoy the journey however long it lasts.
Very good refocus, Nancy. Soulpiper made the same point.
The transience is what makes LIFE so special. That’s why Buddhist monks create and then dismantle gorgeous mandalas . . . to remind us that all things must pass.
Very cute!
Next year . . . Team Oyeniyi should compete! 😀