This summer, when little and not so little children were busy building their little and not so little sand castles on the beaches round the world, Ed Jarret, 45 years old, had embarked on a huge challenge, to demonstrate the infinite possibilities of what one can do with sand, available and free on all beaches. He had thus built, with eager help of 1500 young at heart volunteers, having spent 2,500 hours to complete this monumental Sand Art - the biggest sand castle ever registered in the world.
It's more than 11 metres tall, and with profuse, detailed and artistic decorations, painstakingly carved on the sand 'walls'. The artist himself had invested 300 hours on this task. I wonder how and what is done to make it weather-proof, that such laborious labour and magnificent work of art doesn't get taken by the merciless gusts of wind, sudden downpour or storm? Something else other than sand must have been used, surely?
Footnote: I apologise that this photo is missing the bottom of the castle, with the artist name 'Jarret's castle', because I spilled black coffee all over it before the scanning!!!
A friend just sent me this photo. Better now, right?
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