Andoni Bastarrika began his artistic journey in the summer of 2010 on a beach with his two girls. He made a little mermaid and then devoted himself to developing his gift and have spent the last 10 years doing just that.
That’s what Tateh Lehbib Breica, 27, does, building houses out of simple plastic bottles filled with sand in Algeria. The bottles are cemented together and are much more fitting to withstand the severe heat of the region than almost any other material.
Toshihiko Hosaka creates some of the most elaborate sand sculptures in all Japan. His work is so detailed and refined, most sculptures look like they've been carved from stone.
The Zand Hotel in the Netherlands is a giant sand castle that took four weeks to build and has 60 rooms that are available for tourists to stay at.
When it was getting dark, these people decided to use this method of picking up sand from the ground and getting it to the fourth floor.
These creative and amazingly detailed works of art from various sand sculpture festivals look really inspiring.
In places like Dubai there are enough wealthy people to warrant such an outrageously expensive and labor-intensive process as creating an island. See the incredible photos of this astonishing engineering feat.
Washington State holds the yearly sand sculpting world championships that put to shame anything most of us have created on a beach. Check out the mind-blowing intricacy of these sand masterpieces.
Shell hermits and soldier crabs in Australia and Malaysia have an astonishing way to build their homes.
While many of us played in a sandbox or at the beach as children, I doubt we were able to create detailed sculptures like these. From famous cartoon characters to original art pieces, these impressive sand sculptures will certainly inspire you.
These amazing sand sculptures are consider the best in the world. The amount of detail that each of them have is incredible.
The ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan had his staff permanently carve his name into a two mile (three kilometer) stretch of sand on his private island that is located across the water from the city.
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