Welcome to the Learning Center!
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As you learned in the DVD, good sculpting sand can be found at the beach, lake, river and sandbox. All you need to do is perform the “squeeze test.” Click here for a list of places with great sand.
Designing Your Sculpture
You can find inspiration for your sculpture from many places: your photo albums, comic strips, books at the library, and more. Here are a few links to Internet sites that have designs or ideas you can use as a starting point.
Sand Sculpture Competitions
Want to take your sculpting to the judges and see how you stack up? Or maybe you’d prefer to watch from the sidelines and experience firsthand the excitement of a competition? Check out these links for info on competitions:
Sand Sculpture Workshops & Parties
SSI team sculptors teach beginner and intermediate sand sculpture workshops for private parties, as well as fun, customized team-building workshops for small businesses and large corporations. Click here for more information.
Or, if an all-out sand-sculpting vacation is your thing, check out fellow master sand sculptor Lucinda “Sandy Feet” Wierenga’s Sandcastle Academy, where she offers lessons at her B&B, The Sandbox Inn, in South Padre Island, Texas. She is also the author of “Sandcastles Made Simple.”
