
“Well it’s better than doing a proper job!” This was the exclamation of a representative looking down at me kneeling in the sand with trowel in hand whilst I finished…
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“Well it’s better than doing a proper job!” This was the exclamation of a representative looking down at me kneeling in the sand with trowel in hand whilst I finished…
It is my second year in Søndervig Denmark and always a pleasure to see my friends from the circuit and work for the ‘Worldwide Sculpture Organisation’. It is also an…
People often say to me ‘….doesn’t it break your heart when you see your work being washed away or melt?’ generally this is not the case, it is part…
On a Sand in Your Eye assignment you never know what surprises may lie in store for you and Llandudno certainly didn’t disappoint. On this occasion awaiting me were three unexpected close…
Two away fixtures that we particularly enjoyed during last year’s season were at the well-known North Wales seaside resort of Rhyl. The first visit was in August for a…
After weeks of careful carving in the freezer, the Sand In Your Eye team assembled to present the story of the little white fox and his search for Santa…
The Sandinyoureye Team will be installing 9 ice sculptures and a live carve sculpture with chainsaws and all on the 15th December around the Mirror Pool, City Park Bradford. …
“Come and look at the size of these beauties!” said Jamie beckoning me out to the van. With a beaming smile on his face, he threw open the van doors…
In April the Sand In Your Eye team went down to an emerging RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) Reed Bed Reserve at Langford Lowfields in Newark…
Michelle Akerley sand drawing outline On Friday we went down to Filey beach in Yorkshire to do some filming for a new Children’s BBC (CBBC) program called ‘Totally Rubbish’ which…
It wasn’t even 9.00am on a Saturday morning, but myself and Sam had already been up for over 3 hours and having already completed two significantly large sand drawings were…
I arrived in Billund in Denmark to be greeted by Karsten that helps organise the Danish Sand sculpture event in Søndervig, a place that has miles of beaches stretching to…
If there was one thing I never expected from Weston Super Mare it was sunshine. However, I was lucky enough to carve at the Weston Sand Sculpture Festival organised by…
Richard Bell approached us almost two years ago asking if we could help bring back from the depths of local history a Victorian marvel that had been lost. Richard is…
I had just been working in the ice hotel in Kemi Finland and had vowed to spending 3 days even further north just below the arctic circle to make a…
I came back from Germany on Wednesday to take part in a Sand drawing for the new Chipmunks 3 DVD called Chipwrecked on the Friday. I say take part as…
On the 14th January a small team from Sandinyoureye ventured to Filey on a gloriously cold crisp winters day to make a test sand drawing for our summer Fallen project…
There was once a little girl called Spirit. She was on orphan which meant she had no parents, and she had very little to give apart from her kindness which…
It was a delight to introduce Andy Moss to his first Big Ice Project in Zwolle, Holland at the kind invitation of Huib Joor. Here there are sculptors from all…
The sky is black and below in the mountain basin is a wondrous living creature. She is breathing. If I were to take a photograph of her and show you…