The annual event brings in sculptors from near and far to play in the sand. And the event draws an estimated 350,000 people to Revere Beach each summer.
As much as possible, I will try to match a sculptor with the correct work of art. Unfortunately, I was so wrapped in the work that I didn't do a great job documenting... I will try not to let this happen again.
Since I didn't always match a name with a sculpture, I at least want to list the names of all the participants: Dan Belcher (St. Louis, MO) was supposed to participate but had to withdraw due to an injury; Jonathan "jOBi" Bouchard (Montreal, Canada); Dan Doubleday (Treasure Island, FL); Damon Langios (Victoria, British Columbia); Carl Jara (Cleveland, OH); Matt Long (Staten Island,NY); Matt Martelli (Revere, MA); Sue McGrew (Tacoma, WA); Steve Topazio (Tiverton, RI); Robert Stephane (Montreal, Canada); Meredith Corson (Treasure Island, FL); Sandi "Castle" Stirling (Hamilton Ontario, Canada).
Feel free to Google them if you want more info.
You should be able to click on any of the photos to enlarge them if you want to see more detail.
Below, you will see some of the Tools of the Trade:
Meredith Corson of Sanding Ovations is interrupted from her "clean up" by some of her fans. Meredith has placed 4th (twice) and 5th in past competitions here in Revere:
I wish I could have gotten a higher perch to get a better overview of all the sculptures lined up along the beach:
The next few shots are of the "Sponsor Sculpture". All of the competitors and a few extra sand sculpting masters all chip in to collaboratively create a "Thank You" to the sponsors of the event. This year's theme was "Rapunzel". You will see some of the sponsors sculpted into the castle wall.
Here is the Witch and a couple more sponsors:
Rather than make the viewers walk all the way around, the artists made a front and back perspective of Rapunzel.
This is MoonLite Embrace by Steve Topazio:
Star Struck by Sue McGrew is beautiful I'm not sure this photo does it justice. Again I wish I could have gotten up higher so the fence wasn't in the shot.
Change In The Key of Life by "Sandman" Matt Long:
This is one of the sculptures that I failed to match with a name:
You can see how Dan Doubleday exaggerates perspective to wrap a family together (mostly):
This is Dan Doubleday being interviewed by NECN and a view of his sculpture from another angle:
Not sure who this is, but it was one of my favorites. You may not be able to see it in this photo, but if you look closely at some of the sculptures, you will notice that there are wires poking out of some of them at the higher points. This is to prevent birds from landing on them and ruining the artwork!
This is the other side of the sculpture above. Now you can see why it is one of my favorites. This shows the fetus in the womb of the pregnant mom surrounded by musical notes!
This is sort of a Sci-Fi sculpture. If you look closely at the top it looks like a woman screaming. The detail may not show up in a small photo on this blog... but on my computer at home (when you blow it up) the detail is incredible.
This is the same sculpture as above from another angle:
This is called "Push" but I'm not sure who the sculptor is...
Again I wish I could have gotten up a little higher to get the whole row of sculptures.
This next piece is so good, I had to shoot it from every angle. It is called, "selFISH trap" by jOBi. This is a side view.
This is the top (or spine) of the fish.
This is another side view.
And then from the underbelly.
Here are some other things that were going on nearby...
When life hands you lemons...
Not everyone was focused on the Sand Sculptures. This guy was at the beach at least as long as I was, and the whole time he was 'detecting metal'. Of course, he was probably looking at me thinking, "How many pictures can this guy take?"
And some people were just chillaxin'
This creative little girl found a great way to cool off. In about 20 years she will be a fixture in the U.S. Patent Office!
Here are just a few answers to some questions that you may have:
Yes. All the sculptures are made from real sand.
No. The sand is not from Revere Beach. They imported it from Hudson, NH. (I guess they have better quality sand there...)
No. There are no structures inside or underneath the sculptures. It's all sand.
No. The rain doesn't really destroy the sculptures as much as you might think. Although it may leave some pock marks.
Glue. That's what gets sprayed on after the sculpture is finished to help hold it together.
And I already answered the question about the little wires sticking out of the tops of some of the sculptures... that's to prevent the birds from landing on them.
If you want to know more information about the event, sculptors, sponsors or anything else go to www.reverebeachpartnership.com .
Hope you are enjoying the summer!
Peace and Love,
------Nick
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