Duncannon miniature - sand sculpture
Before drone photography it was nearly impossible to get a feeling of how things looked from the air. Booking a helicopter or plane to shoot from was not really something within the budget of this project so we had to make it up by taking some long walks with a sketch pad and map.
Now of course drones are two a penny and Duncannon can be seen from the air in all it's beauty and our map looks like some of the old-worldy maps by cartographers who never even visited the lands.
For the 2004 Duncannon sand sculpture festival we wanted to make something a little different from our usual sculptures and hit on the idea of making a little model of the village with as much detail as we could fit into the time we had.
I was joined by @stijgerart and Edith Van Der Wetering from Holland and we acted like little 3d printers working our way down the pile of sand to make the village and it's hinterland.
It was great fun making the little models and we were amazed at how little detail we needed to add to give a good impression from a distance. As the bigger picture came into view all the imperfections didn't matter. A box with a couple of holes cut in for windows was a building and wet sand dripped around the place was enough for trees and bushes.
When the locals were let in to see our work they loved to point out places they knew. ' There's me grannies house' and 'For feck sake, if it isn't Milo's fishing boat'. When we could we added in things they suggested.
Even though we spent the couple of days of the project on our knees carving we had great fun and loved the interactions with the village folk.
We of course had to put in the little poly tunnel tent on the beach where we were actually making the sculpture (To the right of the fort) and inside that we made an exact replica of the sculpture we were making and in that we made another little tent and inside that another littler tent and so on to the microscopic infinity.
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I can see why it took you a couple of days to finish. It is huge! It must be rewarding when locals come and can relate to your "buildings" 😊 Did you build a tent around it so that it doesn't get damaged or was it a part of larger exhibition?
Thank you for sharing and have a lovely weekend!
I think it took us 4 days to make with some very long lunches. The tent was put up so the village could charge a bit of money to pay for the whole thing. As you can see it was a farms tunnel tent which can get very hot it the sun is shining. Luckily this year it was overcast. It can rain very heavy there so it also protects the sculpture from the rain and wind.
This is absolutely incredible, @ammonite ! What a majestic piece of work <3 I love all the details you've put into this sculpture, and the close up photographs make me feel like a child again, ready to launch my imaginary tiny people into your work, running around, living a life that's larger than life, having adventures and so on :D
Absolutely magical <3 I love it very much <3
Thank you. Yes it was great fun. I really like making small stuff like this. It looks good from a distance and you can get away with a lot of mistakes. Little people would have been nice. in sculptures to come I did make small people so stay tunes.
Thanks again.
LOVELY!!!!!!
Thank you. xxx
Now that is an awesome sand sculpture, and completely not surprised it got so much interaction from local visitors XD
Yes they really loved it and still mention it now and again. Every year it is a challenge to come up with new ideas. Thanks
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Thank you so much.
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