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| Sculpture looks Zhuhai sand in the eye | |||||
| Author:佚名 ArticleSource:http://www.zhuhai.gov.cn/ Hits: Update Time:2005-11-23 | |||||
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The largest sand sculpture Disappearing Atlantic City which is 30 metres long 15 metres wide and 15 metres high and composed of eight sand castles has been completed he explained It sets the background for three smaller sculptures 8 metres long 10 metres wide and 5 metres high Even without supports when the sculptures are solidified with a glue gun they are weather resistant for at least half a year he added Feng won second prize at the Quebec International Sand Sculpture Competition in Canada in September 2004 He took the championship at the 16th North American Sand Sculpting Championship in Vancouver Canada this September becoming the first Asian to win the award He was designated as an international sand sculpture judge then and was hailed by the media as the No1 Sand Sculptor in China Mr Guo current partner and childhood playmate of Fengs explained that they used to live in the Mu Us Desert where playing in the sand was their only fun Feng is at home with the sands and is able to make any sculptures by hand he noted When he graduated from high school Feng left home and traveled around becoming a contractor making furniture and creating woodcarvings He has become famous in Xinjiang Ningxia Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia with his handcrafts Feng went to Shahu Ningxia to see a sand sculpture competition in 2002 and determined that he could do much better than any of the contestants He gave up his woodcarving plant and invested in sand sculpturing It takes months to complete a piece of woodcarving while only a day to make what you design into a sand sculpture he asserted Feng made a series of sand sculptures in Yangjiang Dongguan in Guangdong Province and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in 2003 and put them on his website where the organizing committee of the Quebec International Sand Sculpture Competition in Canada found him and invited him to join He was awarded second prize finally with the most primitive tools he had Feng has failed quite a few times at the Zhuhai beach as the sands here are coarse and not water-soluble One of the sand castles is the Disappearing Atlantic City which collapsed for five times in the process Feng said patiently Its nothing as experience accumulates he explained While in Vancouver Feng heard that an American had tried to make sand sculptures in Zhuhai but failed Feng then headed straight for Zhuhai after the competition It is amazing that the beach is so close to downtown areas and is so pretty He was overjoyed and began working at the beach with his assistants Id like to make it first and then put it online so that the entire world will know that I made it in Zhuhai with the sands there he grinned He is endeavoring to make Zhuhai the biggest sand sculpture base in China and renowned in the world he concluded ZD News
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