Monday, August 14, 2023

Stories In Sand

 On Friday, we traveled to Peddlers Village, in Pennsylvania...
One hour and 15 minutes from home, it is a fun, enjoyable ride, primarily highway without traffic.
We have been here many times, they host a lot of festivals, and a huge Christmas light display
 but on Friday we went to see 
Three teams of master sand artists turned 330 tons of locally sourced sand into these six spectacular sculptures showcasing stories and characters from
Mother Goose, Alice & Wonderland, Peter Pan, Winnie The Pooh, Once Upon A Time and Jungle Book.
It took the sand artists approximately 125 hours to create each sand sculpture.
Held together initially because the sand is wet, 
they are then periodically sprayed with a solution of water and wood glue.
They were created here and finished in June and have held up very well so far.


Mother Goose





Peter Pan...my favorite



- oooooh and we did find Wendy -




Alice In Wonderland
I was not able to get close and could not find the sign.


Winnie-the Pooh was pretty great...


Once Upon A Time...Cinderella



The Jungle Book was pretty awesome!




 - it is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do, that is the secret of happiness -

13 comments:

Marie Smith said...

These are incredibly beautiful and it’s quite amazing how they stay together for so long. They are well worth a visit for sure!

BeachGypsy said...

Hi Debbie-- you are adorable in the picture of you and hubby!!--- look so happy. How in TARNATION do people MAKE these sand sculpture things!!!??? We see them sometimes in beach towns down here too. They are amazing. Happy Monday!

Hena Tayeb said...

Oh my.. these are incredible!

♥ Łucja-Maria ♥ said...

I admire beautiful sand sculptures and two happy people.
Debbie your photos are beautiful.
Hugs and greetings.

eileeninmd said...

Wow, they are all beautiful sand sculptures.
Amazing to see all this creativity just with sand.
Take care, enjoy your day!

DrumMajor said...

Thanks for the tour; those are stunning. I didn't know they added water with wood glue in it. Linda in Kansas

Karen @ Beatrice Euphemie said...

These are amazing and such wonderful detail! I've never seen a sand sculpture
except in photos - they must be incredible in person. Such a cute photo of you two, having fun together. x K

DeniseinVA said...

These artists are incredibly talented. Amazing sand sculptures as are your photos Debbie. I didn’t know about the water and wood glue.

Jim and Barb's Adventures said...

Those are pretty darn cool. For a second, I thought that we had been to Peddlers Village when we visited our daughter in Greencastle but it must have been a similar village as this one is no where near where they are.

Salty Pumpkin Studio said...

Beautiful sculptures! Your two look very happy, nice photo

Norma2 said...

Beautiful works! It's a pity that art with sand is ephemeral.

Rian said...

These are fantastic, Debbie. Thanks for sharing.

Conniecrafter said...

How cool are they!!! I wonder now that the sand has wood glue on them what they will do with the sand afterwards.
My favorite was the Cinderella one :)