Artistic Sand Castle
by Omar on Lee Street Beach, October 9, 2010
Sand castle with Omar working on the dome
Top and northeast side of sand castle
Lower north side of sand castle with Omar working on the dome
East side of sand castle with Omar and partially open door
Omar working around dome on southwest side of castle
Upper stairs and towers
Highest tower with all windows and decorations
North side of sand castle showing windows, stairs, and stonework
Two other attractive artists on the beach -- a violist and violinist
South side of castle showing new windows, door, dome and stairs
Omar working on northeast side of castle basically showing new windows and stonework -- with the flash they're no shadows for outlines
Northeast side of castle showing new windows and stonework much more clearly with flash turned off
Northeast side of castle showing new windows and stonework much more clearly with flash turned off
Final blurred telephoto view of castle with flash turned off
This artist, Omar, is excellent at sculpting very intricate and impressive sand castles. He's been doing it for over four years. and has sculptted hundreds of castles. He mainly has worked on Saturday and Sunday mostly on Lee Street Beach in Evanston. He has found a spot on Lee St. Beach where the sun remains the longest before setting, and makes his artistic creations there.
He can construct castles in may styles, including Chinese pagodas, but none of them are intended to resemble an actual physical castle. He uses up to ten different sculpting tools, but most often and common are a simple metal chistle about a half an inch accross, the spray bottle to keep his finished work from drying and blowing away, and the clear plastic tube with which he blows all loose recently sculpted sand away.
By profession he is an auto mechanic, so he is skiled in precise, exact work. He told me he is still a child at heart and loves to come to the beach and make castles. After his children grew up, he started this hobby of exact sand castle sculpting to he can still come to the beach every weekend and make sand castles.