It May Be A Bit Early,

to think about going to the beach,

 to build sandcastles, but when the weather finally warms up here are a few ideas to make your sandcastle stand out from the crowd,

 they are the work of New York based sandcastle artist Calvin Seibert,

he has just returned from a 10-day trip to Hawaii where he completed a number of his abstract, geometric sandcastles, for the past 30 years Seibert has worked as a sculptor’s assistant and puts some of his acquired skills in construction and basic carpentry to use while executing these perfect, angular sand structures,

if you think you have seen something similar on our blog before you have, we featured his work back in November 2012, so dust off your buckets and spades and get ready for the summer sandcastle building fest!

Over The Years As A Kid,

I made many sandcastles, I guess we all did,

but I never thought of making ones like these, sandcastle artist Calvin Seibert has managed to make sand look like blocks of concrete, commenting on his Flickr page, Mr Seibert, also known as 'box-builder' said, 'I always have these ideas that I want to try but somehow in the attempt to get something done by the end of the day I turn towards my old standby solutions, I need to spend 6 weeks on the beach all at once', and there was me trying to make a castle in just a couple of hours! but still how does he make them? I would have thought that they would have crumbled as they dried, but there must be a way of stopping that happen, so next time you go to the beach if you want a challenge try making a sandcastle that looks like one of these.

For Today,

some sand art,

these from the beaches of Hawaii, we have featured the work of sand artist Calvin Seibert before on our blog, 

but these are some of his latest creations,

these comments of his taken from his flickr page,

Building "sandcastles" is a bit of a test. Nature will always be against you and time is always running out. Having to think fast and to bring it all together in the end is what I like about it.
I rarely start with a plan, just a vague notion of trying to do something different each time. Once I begin building and forms take shape I can start to see where things are going and either follow that road or attempt to contradict it with something unexpected.
In my mind they are always mash-ups of influences and ideas. I see a castle, a fishing village, a modernist sculpture, a stage set for the oscars all at once.
When they are successful they don't feel contained or finished. They become organic machines that might grow and expand. I am always adding just one more bit and if time allowed I wouldn't stop.

and this must be the saddest part of all, watching the destruction of so many hours of your work as the tide comes in.

With The Onset Of Winter,

how about a nice trip down memory lane?

 to a trip to the beach,

 where you can spend a relaxing afternoon,

 building sandcastles,

 but not any old sandcastles, these are by artist Calvin Seibert who spent part of the summer on Rockaway Beach in Queens where he made several of his trademark geometric sandcastles, we have featured his work a few times on our blog before, he is in fact a professional sculptor, 

he comments, 'Building “sandcastles” is a bit of a test. Nature will always be against you and time is always running out. Having to think fast and to bring it all together in the end is what I like about it. I rarely start with a plan, just a vague notion of trying to do something different each time. Once I begin building and forms take shape I can start to see where things are going and either follow that road or attempt to contradict it with something unexpected. In my mind they are always mash-ups of influences and ideas. I see a castle, a fishing village, a modernist sculpture, a stage set for the Oscars all at once. When they are successful they don’t feel contained or finished.' if you want to see more of these fantastical sandcastles click on his name at the start of the post to see his flickr page.