Art blends with nature at Long Beach’s ‘Sandsations’

Travels with Deb

Many internationally recognized sand sculptors got their start as kids playing around at the beach. Unlike most of us, however, they kept at it and over the years honed their skills, crafting eye-popping and intricate creations, from amazing replicas of famous structures to imaginative, original works of art. Despite the impermanence of their pieces, the sculptors spare no effort in rendering the tiniest and most ornate details that it seems hardly possible the structures are made of sand.