From sand to sculpture

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-15 06:38:58

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Quebec-based sculptor Marc Lepire works on his piece, "Krazy." It was inspired by a character in a movie he watched with his son.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-15 06:39:46

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Nicola Wood, left, uses a trowel to smooth the base of Team Machas' sculpture, "Dream Like You'll Live Forever. Live Like You'll Die Tomorrow." Meanwhile, teammate Arianne Van Rosmalen carves small figures and Marielle Heesels sprays them with a water-glue mixture to keep them from blowing away after the water dries. The sculpture, a tribute to a team member who passed away earlier this year, won first place in the teams division.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-15 06:40:04

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Dealing with the drizzle, Team USA fleshes out the details on their piece, "Open Mind."

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-15 06:40:21

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Sudarsan Pattnaik works on President Obama's hair on his sculpture, "Let's Stand for World Peace."

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-15 06:40:43

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With five minutes left after four days of carving, members of Team Sand Boxers race to finish their sculpture before time runs out.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-15 06:41:00

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The back side of "Connected," a Seattle-themed sculpture, shows the Space Needle, Mount Rainier and rain pouring out of clouds.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-15 06:41:22

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Dan Belcher of St. Louis runs around his solo sculpture, "Icarus II," minutes before the competition ends.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-15 06:41:45

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A small outhouse adorns the grounds of "Where to Go," a sand castle carved by Amazin' Walter McDonald of South Padre Island, Texas. "It's my signature," he says.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-15 06:42:04

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Joris Kivits from the Netherlands contributed "Puzzled" to the competition.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-15 06:42:20

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Brit Paul Hoggard sculpted this elephant using a technique called "soft pack," which means he didn't use any forms when packing the sand. "If you don’t know how to do the basics of soft pack, you know, you’ve not got it all. You have to be able to do the hard and the soft. And there a lot of the sculptors that only concentrate on the hard," Hoggard said.

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