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Calvin Seibert builds brutalist and modernist sandcastles whose life is limited to the day they're built, ending when the waves crash over them
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Using a variety of 3D geometric shapes such as prisms, pyramids, cylinders, spheres and cones; artist Calvin Seibert creates wonderful sand sculptures that are not quite ‘castles’…
Calvin Seibert uses a paint bucket, homemade plastic trowels, and up to about 150 gallons of water to create these spectacular modernist sandcastles.
New York based sand artist Calvin Seibert has been sculpting sand for the last 30 years, but his love affair started much much earlier when ...
Fans of modernist architecture and the Brutalist Movement are sure to find these gravity-defying sandcastles thrilling.
Some would say that building these incredibly complex and detailed sand castles is a complete waste of time. But for architectural genius Calvin Seibert, it's a way to express his wildest ideas and share them with everybody.
Calvin Seibert is a professional sculptor who erects these unbelievable geometric sandcastle structures with roots in brutalist architecture and modernism.
Artist Calvin Seibert (previously) recently completed a new series of his geometrically precise sand castles on the beaches of Hawaii. A professional sculptor, Seibert seems to borrow angular ideas from Bauhaus architecture or the flair of Frank Gehry. How he’s able to control the sand so perfectly is anyone’s guess, it certainly puts my traditionalContinue reading "The Sandy Beach Architecture of Calvin Seibert"
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Artist Calvin Seibert creates incredibly precise geometric sculptures out of sand. “Building ‘sandcastles’ is a bit of a test. Nature will always be against you…
Colorado-born artist Calvin Seibert takes sandcastles to a whole new level with his perfectly crafted geometric creations.
Image 3 of 17 from gallery of Calvin Seibert Sculpts Impressive Modernist Sandcastles. © Calvin Seibert
Image 9 of 17 from gallery of Calvin Seibert Sculpts Impressive Modernist Sandcastles. © Calvin Seibert
Image 2 of 17 from gallery of Calvin Seibert Sculpts Impressive Modernist Sandcastles. © Calvin Seibert
New York-based sand castle artist Calvin Seibert has recently returned from his holiday in Hawaii and uploaded some new pictures of his amazing sand castles on Flickr. “Building 'sandcastles' is a bit of a test. Nature will always be against you and time is always running out. Having to think fast and to bring it all together in the end is what I like about it” explains Seibert.
Image 13 of 17 from gallery of Calvin Seibert Sculpts Impressive Modernist Sandcastles. © Calvin Seibert
Like many kids with a love for digging in sandboxes, Calvin Seibert (previously) grew up creating grand castles and towers from piles of the sediment. But for Seibert, the practice wasn’t just a childhood pastime. “In hindsight I see that much of what I made was more like sculpture. It really was all about theContinue reading "Geometric Doorways and Angular Turrets Form Sand Fortresses by Calvin Seibert"
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