Mindblowing Sand Sculptures from Around the World

By Aquil Akhter
From http://www.noupe.com/

Sand sculptures can be very creative and beautiful sources for creativity and imagination. We all have enjoyed our childhood in making sandcastles and sand sculptures on the beaches as our favorite pass time activity, but we never realized that these sandcastles and sculptures can be huge and represent our artistic nature. Let us have a close look at these creative and attractive sand sculptures.

Beautiful Sand Sculptures Photos

Sand Sculpture Festival in Algarve (Fiesa)

King Kong

Life Cycle

Sand Story

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Sand-Printer like a giant die cutter

I'm digging this giant sand printer by Zana design (no direct link). Who wouldn't want a giant wheel that they can push around on the beach and leave a message? For extra points, I'd love to see a giant golfball printhead robot that drives around and stamps messages into the ground. [via rebel:art]

Magnificent Sculputures.....That's what I call True Artist

telegraph.co.uk — Sudarsan Pattnaik has won international awards for his sand sculptures and now you know why because they are truly magnificent.

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World Sand Sculpture Festival 2009 in Japan

“Fairy tales and legends” is the theme of this year’s World Sand Sculpture Festival now underway at the Tottori Sand Dunes in Tottori prefecture. On display (until May 31) are 19 massive works crafted by world-class sculptors from ten nations. The artists used around 2,700 tons of sand and took about two weeks to complete their works. Can you identify the fairy tales and legends depicted in these sand sculptures?

The Netherlands (front) [via]

The Netherlands (rear) [via]

Germany [via]

India (front) [via]

India (rear) [via]

Spain [via]

USA (front) [via]

USA (rear) [via]

Czech Republic [via]

Russia (front) [via]

Russia (rear) [via]

Australia (front) [via]

Australia (rear) [via]

Canada [via]

China [via]

Unknown [via]