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1.
Where are you from and who are you?
Jenny Rossen is the sandcastle girl. She grew up in Perth Australia
and now travels the world making sandcastle displays for exhibiitions
and festivals. Jenny was the first person to represent Australia
at the World Championship Sandsculpting competition, Canada, and
gained admittance to the Guild of Master Sandsculptors. Since then,
Jenny has represented Australia in Europe and the United States
of America, where she placed in both international competitions.
Today, Jenny lives in Dubai because "there is a lot of sand
there".
Jenny has travelled the world, working on sandsculpture in America,
Asia, Australia and Europe. She is a European and United States
Champion sculptor with extensive experience in community workshops
and working with young people. Jenny works with sculptors from all
over the world on many different projects.
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2.
Is it just sand and water?
Only
sand and water are used to make the sandcastle. No chemicals or
cement are added.
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3.
How does the sand stay together?
The sand stays together due to water and packing it very tight.
We make boxes out of wood. These boxes have no top or bottom. We
call these boxes form-work. The size of the form-work depends on
the size of the project.
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first box was very big. We filled it with sand. Another slightly
smaller form-work frame is placed on top of the full form,
and is then filled and compacted in the same manner for. Forms
can be built up into any shape (as long as it is smaller than
the preceding form-work). See below the first three forms
of a castle. |
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For the Dubai Shopping Festival Castle we needed the help
of a tractor to fill the form-work boxes.
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We fill the boxes with sand, spreading it out in layers of
15cm layers.
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Water
is added to the sand.
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We
mix the sand and water in the box.
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Each layer is then compacted using a construction compactor
or with a hand tamper.
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Form-work
stacking continues until the desired height is reached.
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On
the very top we used rubbish bin buckets with the bottom
cut out as extra form work. These were the basis for the
top turrets.
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Intricate and delicate carving then begins on the top block.
Once finished, the form-work below is removed and the next
level down is revealed to continue the carving process down
the face of the sculpture.
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The
form-work is to hold the sand and also acts as scaffolding
that the sculptors can stand on.
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4.
How long do sculptures take?
The
sculpture in the picture took 14 days from constructing the sandbox
to the last day of carving. Sculptures can take one day or up to
three months depending on the size of the job.
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5.
How did you get to the top?
The sandcastle is built from the bottom up and then carved from
the top down. We start at the top of the form-work and as we pull
the form-work off we carve our way to the bottom. Once we have taken
the wooden boxes away we cannot return to the top of the pile.
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6.
What can you make?
If
you can think of it you can probably make it out of sand. Castles
are always the most popular, but some sculptors will only carve
human forms or organic sculptures. One sculptor made a chain with
links that hung purely out of sand.
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7. What happens if it rains?
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rain won’t hurt the castle that much unless it is a very
heavy shower. We have sprayed the sculpture with a water and
glue mix. This makes a light seal over the sculpture to protect
it from rain and wind. However a bad storm and heavy rain
will wear down the surfaces of the buildings and some finer
work could be damaged. |
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8.
How long will it last?
Sculptures
can last inside for up to 10 years but vandalism is generally the
biggest cause of collapse. Usually the sculptures get knocked down
a few weeks after they have been made.
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9.
What tools do you use?
We use whatever we can find; pastry and cake knives, plasterers
tools, builders tools, some paint brushes and dentist tools. The
best tools are your hands, plastic forks and knives.
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10.
Do you draw it up before you start?
We
have a rough idea of what we will make before we start but each
sculpture is designed and carved on the spot. All the sculptures
have never been made before. Each sculpture is unique and different.
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What size sandsculpture do we need? |
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10
Ton
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20
Ton
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75
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140
Ton
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