My friend Roberta called me today. What a great find for the blog! She told me about the cool competition happening in front of the main Carnegie Library. Pittsburgh themed and sand sculptures being created by five international teams of two, right under a big tent in Oakland.
The competition is over Friday afternoon at three-“Trowels Down”
200 tons of sand from a quarry was delivered to the walkway in front of the museum, then moved by a front loader.
Each team received 40 tons of sand to sculpt.
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International Sand Sculptor Katsuhiko Chaen has a Sand Museum in Japan
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Teammate Bruce Phillips from San Diego concentrating on details of “Dear Andy”.
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Teammates Andrius Petkus from Lithuania and Maxim Gazendam the Netherlands creating “The Pearl”Image may be NSFW.
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“The Pearl”
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“Master of Steel”
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Jon Woodworth from Texas and Karen Fralich from Ontario Canada work on their sculpture “Master of Steel”
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Fergus Mulvany from Ireland and Thomas Koet from Florida
“The Renaissance of Pittsburgh”
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“Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio The Three Graces of Pittsburgh”
Teammates Ilya Filimontsev from Russia & Susanne Ruseler of the Netherlands
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Sifting the sand to get rid of the rubble
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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh- Main
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If you want to try your hand at sculpting sand, here is a link from Katsuhiko Chaen to the Sand Museum in Japan on how to do it.
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