Element used in image from Pixabay
First, a bit of photo manipulation to make this sculpture more interesting. No, I did not carve this underwater although at times I have often wondered would it be possible to make a sand sculpture on the sea bed. Here I just did a 15-minute visit to photoshop and cobbled together the above image for your viewing pleasure. You're welcome! Below is what I actually made.
It was just a 3-day carve and then I was on to the next job. Probably not my finest work but still worthy of a post and documentation. I was back in Duncannon, Ireland for their sand festival.
Play it again Sam
No matter how many times I visit this project they are never ready for us and we have to spend several hours killing ourselves in the heat of a tent to shovel the sand into some sort of workable piles. This is time better spent carving but no, five years in art college and they expect me to do the work of a common labourer.*
The theme was under the sea and I thought that some sort of shipwreck would be in order.
There was no deep meaning or subtext to this piece so, you will have to just take it as is and go about your day.
I had fun making but when working with beach sand you always have to be careful not to make things too steep or they will collapse. For the ship hull I figured that upside down would be the best approach as it falls away at just the right curve for the sand.
Making the masthead figure was a slight bit difficult, as making a figure upside down is not something you do every day.
Flipping it around in post shows what I mean. I suppose it wasn't too bad.
Something fishy
Trying to give the octopus its required bulbous form was also a challenge again due to the sand. It had to be a bit squished from certain angles.
I used seaweed to give it a bit of a backdrop because as you can see the back wall of the tent was pretty ugly. Looking at it now I think I should have used an awful lot more just to dirty up the shipwreck and give it more contrast.
So, that was pretty much all he wrote. It was what it was, no more and no less.
Happy birthday to me
In other news, I have recently been informed that I was over 5 years on this blockchain and still as hooked as ever. I wish I had more time to post but I am a slow burner and my posts take a big part of my energy to put together, believe it or not. This is a passion project for me and although you may not see me every day I am like wallpaper or that light switch that you know has a very distinct sound. What the hell am I saying? I suppose at this point I feel like a part of the furniture, like that old chair that seldom gets sat on but it is always, there in the corner. I have also recently bumped myself up over 10000HP which was a point I hoped to see by year's end. With these crazy Hive prices, I just had to go for it, I'll look at it as a birthday present.
*Joking, not joking
Ps
Thanks for reading. I use PeakD to document my work as an ephemeral Sculptor of sand, snow and ice, amongst other things. This will hopefully give it a new life on the Hive Blockchain. Below you will find some of my recent posts.
Statue to an unknown hero - sand sculpture
Renaissance - sand sculpture
Bondish, James Bondish - sand sculpture
I hope you'll join me again soon
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I am also starting to create NFTs of my sculptures and welcome you to my gallery where you can own a bit of ephemeral sculpture history.