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Today
is a special day not because there is an ‘Art Meets Sand’ event but, I just got
a new family member. My brother just had a beautiful baby girl at Malaysia. It’s
sad because I can’t be there to have a visit, but his so sweet by MMS me the
picture of her daughter. I’m happy because now I have a niece and today I want
to go to the Zoo. I always want to see how sand sculpting was done and I don’t want
to miss this event. The event was held from 6 June 2012 to 10 June 2012.
I saw
an advertisement about the ‘Art Meets Sand’ event in the bus about one day
before, and it’s a last minute plan. The event is located at Zoo Korkeasaari,
Helsinki, Finland and you can choose to get there by land or by water. We went
there by land, which means we have to take a metro and then change to bus. Zoo
Korkeasaari is actually located on an island and believe it or not that the whole island is a Zoo. The
ticket price is 10,00 Euro for adult by land and there’s an extra charges if
you choose by water. There’s a bridge to cross the sea if you went there by
land.
Sand Sculptures
The
event is an international sand sculpting competition, and there are about 6 sand
sculpting experts participates. The country who’s participating is Russia,
Finland, Mongolia, Spain and Canada. There are two candidates from Mongolia. The
theme is “Urban Nature - Nature in the past and present”. All the participate
must finish their work within 34 hours and later the jury will evaluate the
sculptures according to their general appearance, artistic impression,
technical structure and connection to the theme.
The Tools.
We went
there on 9 June 2012 (Saturday), so the sculpting was still in progress. Everyone
participate are busy working where some of them are digging, sculpting and
doing some touch up. Visitor can vote their favourite sculpture during the
event until 10 June 2012. The sculptures will remain on display until the
beginning of August and the sculptures will be removing earlier if it gets
damage by rough weather. Here are some of the photos, and which sculptures is your favourite?
Eagle and squirrel.
Digging.
Adding some sands.
Sculpting.
Touch up.
Sculpting tools.
Looking for perfection.
Love Peace.
Sand Castle.
An eagle head.
Clock Tower.
The details.
Couple of cats in love.
Sand
sculptures were made by water and sand. There used a very fine sand and is
slightly clayey and compressed very tight. The sculptures can lasts up to 2-3
months if it’s not damage by heavy rains or hail shower and it can be damage in
only minutes or hours if it’s badly made sculpture. Tools for working are made
of metal band, spoons, knives and other domestic tools. After the sculptures
are plowed down, the sand is collected and stored for reused over and over
again. The sculptors put more importance on the creation process and they know
that the sculptures will not lasting. You can read more about sand sculpting in the picture below:
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