BlogHide Resteemsammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 2 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Royal baby - sand sculptureThere was about to be a new member of the Royal family in England and as this project in Weymouth, England would still be in place when it happened, I was asked could I create a sculpture of how the…ammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 2 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Iglu-Dorf History and Sport (Part 3/3) - snow sculptureI had one final room to make for the 2014 Iglu-Dorf hotel in Davos, Switzerland and it was the suite. It's the most expensive room in the building at around €700 a night and for that, you get a bed…ammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 2 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Iglu-Dorf History and Sport (Part 2/3) - snow sculptureThe Igloo hotel in Davos is really quite massive. Manys a time I find myself lost in its corridors. The whiteness of the snow can be quite disorientating until it is carved onto some sort of form or…ammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Iglu-Dorf History and Sport (Part 1/3) - snow sculptureThere was a lot of stuff to be made on this 12 day project. 15 hotel rooms, a bar, 3 restaurants and a suite, all from snow with some ice sculpture thrown in for good measure. While researching for…ammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Grativity - sand sculptureSpace. The final frontier. What better theme to choose for a Sand Nativity. Well, that's just what we did for the 2014 sand nativity in La Pineda, Catalonia. Why? Because we could. I have mentioned…ammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.You sank my battleships - ice sculptureI had no interest in history at school. The main reason was that I didn't believe the narrative of good guys versus bad guys or events happening in sequential order all tied up neatly in a beautiful…ammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Pterodactyl - sand sculpturePreramble I am going to have to ease myself back into writing blog posts. I have had a really challenging few months and could not bring myself to continue documenting my sculpture work on Steem.…ammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Letting go - sand sculptureIf you have ever been involved in a breakup then this one is for you. I have had a few loves turn sour in my day and to be honest, with time the scars healed and I realised that it was probably for…ammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.A portrait of an unknown monk - sand sculptureHere is the last piece I made for the 2014 Fulong beach project in Taiwan. I had one more day left and a bank of sand to put manners on. I must say it was a brutal project because of the heavy…ammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Not True Wealth - sand sculptureI have a love/hate relationship with money. I love that when I have some of it my worries about not having some of it go away. My hate, stems from pretty much the same place and on top of that the…ammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Scorpio - sand sculptureMy name is Daniel, my favourite colour is Pantone 5535c, I like long moonlit walks off short piers and I am a Capricorn. What's your star sign? Oh yes, and I like to boogie. Horoscopes are…ammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 3 years agoPig and Pepper - sand sculptureMy first sand sculpture in 2014 was made in Weymouth, England as part of the Sand World exhibition. I was glad I got invited back after last years fiasco where I was mugged at knifepoint on my…ammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Heineken Legends - ice sculptureDon't just skip to the video because I need to give you some context. This was a strange one, even for me. Heineken Ireland wanted to put together a talent competition for an advertisement and put…ammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Melting ice on Canary Wharf - ice sculptureI am returning to document my sand and ice sculptures after a few posts about other things. As they say, 'A change is as good as a break'. These posts take me a day or two to put together, from…ammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Gift of the gab - sand sculptureUs Irish are well known for their storytelling and eloquence. The amount of great authors and songwriters we have produced is great evidence of that. It is like the fertile soil has soaked right up…ammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Character Building - sand sculptureAfter the 2008 financial collapse, Ireland was in pretty much the same way as the rest of the world. Our government bailed out those who caused it and brought in terrible austerity on the serfs. It…ammonite (67)in hive-148441 • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Out of sight out of mind trellis - workshopI just finished this little project the day before Ireland went into its second lockdown. There wasn't a big urgency with it but I just wanted to get it done and dusted before having to take a long…ammonite (67)in hive-185836 • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The gift - sand sculptureDuring the British colonisation of North America, there were some terrible tactics used to rid the land of the natives. Probably worst of all were the stories of them giving blankets infected with…ammonite (67)in art • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Ride of the Valkyries - sand sculptureIt had been many years since I had last set foot in Blockus, Denmark. The last time I had worked there I had carved one of my favourite sculptures on the beach which you can read about here .…ammonite (67)in steem • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.I have some questions - BlogNow that SteemPeak is no more are there any other options to interact with Steem apart from the Steemit site? It seems that Steem has really lost it's way since last year sometime and all…
