A LOCAL sand artist has created a 200m wide John Lennon memorial on Brean Down Sands as a call for world peace.
Simon Beck uses a rake to carefully craft these impressive etchings on
the sand before they eventually get washed away by the incoming tides.
One of Simon’s most recent art works, completed with the help of Jim
Mallinson, caused a stir online when it was shared on Facebook as a part
of a campaign for world peace.
Simon said: “The intention was to draw a reproduction of the John
Lennon memorial in New York's Central Park, to be the biggest drawing I
have made on the sand, a tad short of 200m in diameter.
“I said that if the rain ruined the attempt it would indicate that the
Lord did not want world peace, but he does want peace and it remained
dry enough for a successful drawing even if he didn't delay the tide as
one would have wished.”
Simon uses a protractor and compass to design his drawing before
measuring an area of sand and drawing the main straight and curved lines
in the sand.
He then makes secondary lines to join the points together and finally fills in the shaded areas.
Simon also produces orienteering maps and spends most of his time
travelling in the Alps, hiking up mountains and taking pictures of the
sunset at the summit.
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