This was a project were I feel like I did loads but in actually fact did very little. It was for the 2003 Duncannon sand sculpture festival where we had quite a large group of carvers with us due to previously having them already in the country for our project in Dublin castle.
Too many cooks spoil the sand so I let everyone carve away and acted as a support crew. During the event I had another mission to do also and that was install a permanent sculpture Fergus Mulvany and myself made for the village you can read about it in the posts linked at the bottom of the page.
To be very honest I can only remember carving the wall like structure connecting all of the sculptures together. But as I'm sure you'll agree it is a beautiful wall.
The idea we wanted to convey was the history of sculptors going back in time from the Renaissance to primitive times.
At the start we had a nude marble sculpture with a guy chipping away at her feet. This was nicely carved by @stijgerart and Edith Van der weterring. (The Nether regions/ lands)
Next came some Celtic lads making some sort of Ogham stone made by Niall Magee and Colin Thompson (Scotland)
Caroline De St. olive (France) mad this woman making' Venus of Hohle Fels' The earliest known Sculpture of a person.
and Nuria Vallverdu Villagines (Catatonia) made this cave man scratching away on a bit of rock.
Fergus and myself, when not installing our permanent sculpture did all the other bits and bobs to join things together. From making the first hand print that started man on his quest for art making to the amazing wall and timeline showing icons of important events that happened along the way as man got progressively more in-tune with making things.
Nothing more to say really except, we all had a jolly good laugh.
Dunncannon scroll
Duncannon Scroll (part 1) - Sand/Cement Sculpture
Duncannon Scroll (part 2) - Sand/Cement Sculpture
Duncannon Scroll (Addendum) - Sand/Cement Sculpture
Ps
Thanks for reading. I use Steem to document my work as an ephemeral Sculptor of sand, snow and ice, among other things. This will hopefully give it a new life on the Steem blockchain. Below you will find some of my recent posts.
Wet and dry - sand sculpture
The three Norns - sand sculpture
Falling Asleep (Remastered) - sand sculpture
I hope you'll join me again soon.
@ammonite