Yesterday I made my first excursion on crutches...

In Rorschach, on Lake Constance, a competition is held every year to see who can create the best sand sculpture.
250 tons of sand are dumped on the lake shore, stamped into rectangular wooden forms and then sculpted. Some of the results are amazing!
I took some pictures of the finished entries last year and forgot to show them to you.
The one I liked best was called Daydreams and just happened to win the first prize:


Daydreams, Front


Daydreams, Rear

Ten teams of two people from all over the world compete every year.
Each team has a week to finish their work. This years theme is 'Dream and Reality'.
The first three years saw Swiss sculptors among the winners. Because foreign teams won for the past few years, no Swiss are partaking this year...

I wanted to photograph the work-in-progress this time round and then the finished results.
A lot harder to do, on crutches, than I had envisaged, but here is the work-in-progress (4th day).
I hope to find a chauffeur on Saturday, so I can photograph the finished results...



It is impossible to guess, yet, which team might win this year - we shall know more on Saturday.
If you would like to see the sculptures live, they will be on view until September 14th.

To be continued...