Beautiful Beach Calligraphy by Andrew van der Merwe

Saturday, February 6, 2010, 18:13
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Andrew van der Merwe is a professional calligrapher and letter artist based in Cape Town, South Africa. In last six years of his work he was working on a developing his original technique of the beach calligraphy.

He considers himself as the world’s first professional beach calligrapher. His artworks are made by carving letters in the beach sand.

Here you can see some of his masterpieces that he recently produced. Sadly, his artworks doesn’t last for a long time so he also has to be a good photographer because that is the only way to show his art to a wider audience: by taking great photos of his artworks.

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5 Comments on “Beautiful Beach Calligraphy by Andrew van der Merwe”

Guitar Tuition Reviews wrote on 6 February, 2010, 20:40
Wow – That is remarkable. Really beautiful work Andrew has done.
Greg wrote on 7 February, 2010, 16:04
Where are the footprints around them?
Lee Bracker wrote on 7 February, 2010, 17:01
Method and footprints explained here. It is real: http://j-laf.org/2008/10/worlds-project-report-beach-ca.html
ThatOneKid wrote on 8 February, 2010, 18:30
reminds me of the unknowns from pokemon……………
animation clips wrote on 19 April, 2010, 11:31
Really appreciate the Andrew Work. That is remarkable.