Playing in the Sand

Through out the summer months in Edmonton there are a number of festivals that take place. One of them is the Art Walk located in the Old Strathcona District on the south side of the city.
One of this years features was this sand sculpture.
It took 3 artists 5 days to complete it. The theme they chose was one of pirates and here you can see their take on that theme.

[Terry]

Now that takes talent

[bruni]

I love sand sculpture art. we see them on the beaches quite a bit in Mexico. I find the woman in this one is so life like.

[Nada A.]

Patience and talent!

[Paula McLaughlin]

These sand sculptures always amaze me--great shot!

[Firefly]

wow, those are amazing!! super impressive!

[Kerri]

Cool shot

[Allison Williams]

How impressive. What talent!

[Tony]

Fabulous capture and amazing artwork.

[Susan Klassen]

Great capture! They have a sand sculpture contest every summer in Parkville on the island. Amazing talent to create the sculptures for sure.

[Michael Smith]

Fantastic! +fav. Great festival, too.

[Bev]

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! What a great sand sculpture. We have a beach a couple hours away that does the same thing. I went one year and it was Mother Goose rhymes. The detail in this sculpture is amazing. Is that a heart she's holding?? It brings "Pirates of the Caribbean" to mind. You captured the sand sculpture perfectly. Well done.

[Peggy Scroggins]

Wow, what talent these people have and you also for taking a great photo of it.

[Claire]

So much detail, lovely shot

[mervyn hobbs]

Gee this is excellent.

[alia_801]

Amazing artworks and cool capture :) There's a festival here where they do something similar. I've never been yet...

[Dione Giorgio]

I am amazed to see this. I have seen others through u-tube but seeing this is magnificent.

[Brianna]

Sand sculptures like this are amazing!

[Candace]

Nice find!

[Pat Knowles]

These artists are so talented....patient too.....good catch.

[Gena Pegg]

Oh how amazing is that! Such wonderful talent...kind of sad that it all gets washed away though! Lovely shot!

[Paula W]

Wow how skilled are these sand artists, really beautiful carvings.

[Shirley Banford]

Excellent sand sculptures.

[Carole Imes]

Super cool find. How interesting and thanks for sharing this great capture.

[Diane]

What an awesome find! Amazing that it's a sand sculpture.

[Sian B]

fabulous!!

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Now t hose are some nice, cheerful, HAPPY pirates! Not the type I was expecting!

[Mrs. Smith]

Oh wow! This is so cool!

[Bill Fenske]

Cool!

[Anita Campbell]

Incredible what artists can do with simple sand. This is something ELSE! Awesome! If I had done something like this, I'd surely hate to see it washed away in an instant. Oh WELL!

[Colin Fawsett]

Great shot.

[Pyrrhula]

Great capture of this sand sculpture`s . We have them in our country to in summer. ( in the city Scheveningen)

[Danette Thompson]

I love sand sculptures. Glad to see you have some up there!

[Fisher Family]

Nice shot of these amazing sand sculptures!

Ian

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, that is some sandbox. LOL Great shot and very talented art work.

[bkb in the city]

@sarasdadandmom Yes Terry it certainly does

[bkb in the city]

@bruni Bruni the detail was very amazing

[bkb in the city]

@nadaa Nada it definitely takes both of those

[bkb in the city]

@paulam Thanks Paula

[bkb in the city]

@firefly8642 Yes they certainly are

[bkb in the city]

@kerristephens Thanks Kerri

[bkb in the city]

@allie912 Allison I was very impressed by what I saw

[bkb in the city]

@tonydebont Tony it really was amazing to see

[bkb in the city]

@dailypix Thanks Susan. We will have to make a trip out there some summer to see that

[bkb in the city]

@golder365mjsmith Thianks Michael it really is a great festival

[bkb in the city]

@prttblues Thanks Bev. I can't recall exactly what she was holding

[bkb in the city]

@miata2u Thanks Peggy

[bkb in the city]

@claireuk Thanks Claire

[bkb in the city]

@carwyn3 Glad you like it Merv

[bkb in the city]

@alia_801 I am sure it would be worth going sometime

[bkb in the city]

@sangwann Glad to share this

[bkb in the city]

@lilminimonka Yes Brianna they certainly are

[Sandi]

Such a cool sculpture! I hope it lasts a long time. Wonderful capture of unusual and amazing art. :)

[bkb in the city]

@ribbet9 Thanks Candace. I heard about this on the news and knew I had to check it out

[bkb in the city]

@happypat Thanks Pat

[bkb in the city]

@eyesmile Good thing I took a picture of it

[bkb in the city]

@paulaw Paula they really were amazing

[bkb in the city]

@sabanford Yes Shirley they really were

[bkb in the city]

@cimes1 Glad to share it Carole

[bkb in the city]

@eudora Diane it really was an amazing piece of work

[bkb in the city]

@sianb Sian it really was an amazing sculpture

[bkb in the city]

@espyetta Thanks for stopping by Marybeth and glad you like this one

[bkb in the city]

@mrssmith203 Carla it really was something to see

[bkb in the city]

@bill_fe Bill it really was very cool

[bkb in the city]

@aglennc It really is quite amazing Anita

[bkb in the city]

@bristol_colin Thanks Colin

[bkb in the city]

@pyrrhula Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@danette This is the first one I have seen up here

[bkb in the city]

@fishers Thanks Ian

[bkb in the city]

@mittens thanks Marilyn

[bkb in the city]

@gratefulness Thanks Sandi

[Bankmann]

My favourite is the pirate ship… :-)

[Stephanie Swift]

Brilliant sand sculpture! One can hardly believe what it's possible to do with sand. I remember seeing some wonderful creations at last year's CNE. Great find and well captured Brian.

[bkb in the city]

@bankmann It was a great piece of art

[bkb in the city]

@tristansmum It was very cool to see this

[Susan Klassen]

@bkbinthecity Yes I think you would love it. :)