Simon Beck’s Giant Beach Art
Over the summer a giant crop-circle, a huge Yoda and a 200m (656 ft) memorial to John Lennon have all appeared on a Somerset beach in England. Each has lasted for just hours before being washed away by the tide. So why make them? The sand art, some the size of two football pitches, has been created by renowned snow artist Simon Beck. “It’s a race against the tide, it’s nine hours of furious work,” says the artist who is best known for making huge geometric snow designs in the Alps with his feet. “But at least your hands and feet aren’t cold.” Using just a rake and a compass, Beck, from Bracknell, in Berkshire, has crafted more than 28 massive intricate patterns on the sands at Brean since April.
