My friend Tim and I have a long history of annual sand sculptures at the beach near me in southern NJ. The one we did this weekend is the latest, earlier ones can be found in the Sand Sculptures category on this page. Here are some of Tim’s many tools, and a few of mine in the orange bucket. The black form is made with a roll of roofing paper clamped at the pole, then filled with alternating sand and water until it’s packed tight. The second layer is in the white bucket with the bottom removed so it’s easier to take off when filled the same way. Above that we added a third layer of pancaked sand to bring the total height to about three feet.

After missing last year, my friend Tim and I spent two days at the beach near my home in southern New Jersey, and continued our long tradition of sand sculptures. They were smaller and somewhat less inspired than in the past. As Tim said, “Our best ones are behind us.” I thought I would document them here all the same. This is Tim’s creation imitating some of the ideas of master sand sculptor Calvin Seibert, a favorite of ours.

My friend Tim and his son Gabe were here the last three days for our annual beach visits and sand sculpting adventures. (You can find previous ones under the “Sand Sculpture” topic in the right menu of this blog.)

Tim was emulating the work of sand sculpture wizard Calvin Siebert on Saturday with this block structure. My tower, behind it, is nothing much, and was damaged by a wayward flying umbrella, so is hardly worth focusing on.

All images © Todd Klein.

My friend Tim is visiting for a few days, and that means it’s sand sculpture time! You can see many of our past efforts at the Sand Sculpture category on the right column of this blog. We were at the beach Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and each did a sculpture each day. Above is my pyramid, with Tim’s rather indescribable piece in the background. Most of our sculptures the last few years have been inspired by the incredible ones of Calvin Seibert, examples HERE. 

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