LA Kings Fans Loved The Win & Our Logo & Players Custom Sand Sculpture!

Last night Dwight King scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Jonathan Quick made 18 saves, and the Los Angeles Kings rolled to the brink of their first Stanley Cup final in 19 years with a 2-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes.

AND…

7 Archisand sand sculptors took 2 days and turned 25 tons of sand into a 12′ tall sand sculpture of the LA Kings logo, jerseys, numbers, and even goalie, Jonathan Quick!

Fans celebrated around the final sculpture after the finishing touches went on last night at the first home game for the Kings this series.

If you missed the excitement, check out the images of the Stanley Cup & LA Kings sand sculpture below…

LA Kings Logo & Players Custom Sand Sculpture at LA Live May 12th & 13th

Archisand Professional Sand Sculptors will be building a 25 ton sand sculpture at LA Live near the Staples Center this weekend.

Starting Saturday morning, May 12th, the Los Angeles Kings hockey team including logo, carvings of player’s jerseys with names and numbers around the Stanley Cup. We will also carve goalie, Jonathan Quick… in sand! 

He has played so well so far in the playoffs. We’re excited to be a part of this.


Be sure to stop by LA Live before Sunday May 13th. Here’s what we will be working on…

We do Sand and You Can Too – How to Build a Sand Sculpture

If you watch Archisand’s Youtube videos, you’ll see that people love to talk with us about sand sculpting!  One of the questions we often get is, 
“How do you do that?”
So today we’re gonna talk about the basics of how to build a sandcastle or any other form of sand sculpture.  Whether a beginner, intermediate or professional sand sculptor, here are some things that we all do.
1. Like an architect or art sculptor, making a sandcastle design is usually the first thing you’d want to do before touching the sand.  A design serves as your reference point especially when building large sand sculptures that require careful scaling.  You can check out Archisand’s designs here as a jump-off point for your ideas.
2. Choose location very carefully.  The layout of a beach, the type of sand, wind direction, tide schedules, etc. can all affect how long your sand sculpture can last.  
3. The first step in actually building your sand sculpture is compacting or pounding sand.  You can do “softpack” or just make a mound of moist sand from packing and patting; “handstacking” is using your hands to pile up sand, letting the water go down so that it hardens your base foundation, and; using a professional tool like a landscape hand held compactor.  

4.  Work from the top of your compact sand, then downwards.  Start getting into detail after the general outline of the sand sculpture is done.  The right tools can really make a difference in the result of your handiwork.  Aside from hands, you can use a sand sculpting kit with buckets, shovels, masons trawls, palette knives and a hand-held spray bottle.  
Do you want to know more of how professionals do it? Then read our article on Building A Professional Sandcastle and subscribe to the Archisand blog.  

Quick and Easy Ways to Introduce Sand Sculpting for Kids

 

You know that when you put a child and a sandy beach together, sand play is inevitable!  That’s how the idea for sandboxes in the playground came about after all.  For children, the many possibilities of sand sculpting is a natural way to release their immense creativity.  Parents can form bonding experiences with their kids.  And in the end, everyone has loads of fun!
If you want to introduce sand sculpting as family activity this summer, turn the process into a game just like 유로88.  Here are some ideas on how to do it:
Brainstorm with your kids
Involve them from step 1 by explaining that every great task begins with a plan.  Bring them to the drawing board and ask them for ideas on what to sand sculpt!  Let them unleash their creativity no matter how farfetched or impossible to do as an acitvity.  The important thing is that they are excited to share ideas with you.  On the other hand, they can surprise you with a simple, yet beautiful idea to sketch.
If you have a big family gathering, you can divide those participating into sand teams, with a team leader to facilitate the activities.  You can even watch Archisand’s Youtube videos for ideas or check out the design gallery!
Focus the energy
Now that you have them pumped up, it’s time to channel that energy into a specific objective.  So start narrowing down the choices into ideas that you actually can do.  Then put the sandcastle design on paper.  Beginners should focus on simple ones which require easy techniques to accomplish, while those with more experience in sandcastle construction can do something comparative with their skills.
Have a sand party
With your design done, it’s time to get down to the beach and do your sand sculptures!  Remember,
  • Unless you’re using a sandbox, sand is normally attached to a body of water.  That means you need to check the high and low tides so you can build your sand sculptures above the water mark and it won’t be swept away.
  • Try to use fine grain sand, as it holds water better and allows you to sculpt more detail into the packed sand.
  • Prepare yourselves with a sand sculpting kit.  There’s nothing wrong with using toy pails and shovels with the kids.  On the other hand, if you want your kids know what it feels like to be real sand sculpture artists, as well as producing much better results, use a kit with professional sand sculpting tools like palette knives, shovels, buckets, hand-held spray bottle and masons trawls.
  • Spray down your sand sculptures with a hand held spray bottle full of fresh water so it lasts longer.
  • This is a sand party so it’s fun, fun, fun!  Have cameras clicking and videos rolling to capture those treasured moments.
Subscribe to our blog and get more tips on how to do sand sculpting.  If you need professional sand sculpting services, we’d love to make your important events truly special!  Contact us!

Dana Point Festival of Whales, Sand Castle

Archisand is making our first appearance at the Dana Point Festival of Whales!

The Dana Point Festival of Whales draws over 100,000 visitors in the first two weeks of March every year. The whales are already here and in numbers larger than in recent memory. This year Archisand  led a large group of community volunteers to construct an amazing Festival of Whales sand sculpture at Baby Beach, Dana Point Harbor, California.
The Sculpture was amazing. Check out the time lapse video. The color LED lighting was so cool! Click HERE or use this link to view the video!
http://youtu.be/Fp4NIu_FkyY

To see photos from the event click HERE or on the photo below.

  Visit the Festival of Whales website for more details.
We are also proud to benefit The Bridge Teen Recovery program through our sponsorship. The Bridge Teen Recovery helps Teens, one family at a time. The bridge will had a booth set up at Baby Beach to share information about how they are helping teens in south Orange County. They will had a booth at the “Whale of A Block Party”on Saturday March 3rd.

Biggest Loser Start & Finish Line in Sand

The Biggest Loser has Archisand create a cool sand sculpture of the start and finish line for a tough challenge.
The program aired this week on NBC. Click HERE or the photo below to see images of the making of the sand sculpture.

To see a cool video including some time lapse footage click HERE or on the link below.

Archisand also crated 50 Mazda 5 cars in sand for an earlier Biggest Loser challenge.
The Challenge went all the way as the contestants had to find keys concealed with in the car sand castles. An Amazing result…
see the blog post and video for that episode which aired in 2011.
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