Sand artists and Professional sand sculptors meet often in world wide contests. They have a variety of ways that they build and maintain their incredible fragile sand art pieces. Since sand is fragile and unstable the first thing some sand artists do is nail together wooden forms of different sizes, and shovel sand into the base of the form, add buckets of water, and use a tamper to pack the sand gradually until the wooden form is totally filled up. Once all the forms are completed and packed with sand the wooden parts are taken off slowly. Then they begin carving to create sand sculptures! Once a sculptor has finished one part of the sand creation, he or she will spray it with a mix of one third white glue and two thirds of water in order to coat the surface and stop any damage from rain, wind, or curious spectators! If a sand art form is in a competition it is judged on artistic criteria, verticality, cut throughs, overhangs, and narrowness. Fantasy sand art is usually the most popular theme because it includes various incredible pieces like mermaids, mythical beasts, cartoons, sci fi machines, aliens etc.
Here are sixty more Sand Masterpieces from such competions. The titles reflect my thoughts about what they represent. I would appreciate hearing from you about alternate titles please.