"Tony Moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked > Josef Pastor wrote: > > > > , > > > > Starting by July 6th 2007 Travemuende, a city on the German Baltic Sea > > coast will celebrate the Sand World Festival. Artist will carve > > sculptures of sand on the beach on 10,000 squ. Meters. Mottoe this > > year is: “A journey through the time”. Heart of the sculpturepark will > > be a big sundial. > > > Hi Josef, > Amazing artistry in sand seen there but my childhood efforts would never > allow that level of detail. Is some kind of binding agent added to the > sand to prevent it crumbling as it dries? > > Tony Moss
As I recall from an article about a recent sand scupture competition in Brighton, the secret is to use river sand, not sea beach sand. It is much finer and, perhaps, its grains stick together better. Anyway, I'm pretty sure no binding agent was used there. The results are amazing, particularly where there are overhangs - jaws and noses, for instance. Chris Lusby Taylor --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
