{"id":74363,"date":"2016-08-04T13:05:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T11:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=74363"},"modified":"2016-08-04T13:05:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T11:05:34","slug":"sand-sculptures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sand-sculptures\/","title":{"rendered":"Sand sculptures in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Barcelona<\/strong> is a very inspiring place with lots of unique character and charm. To be here is to be romanced by the city: the architecture, the colours, the scenes. So it&#8217;s no surprise that there are many <strong>artists<\/strong> here drawing from that<strong> inspiration<\/strong> and creating wonderful works. Music, painting, gourmet cooking, literature, it can all be found here, masterfully done with a charismatic Catalan twist.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74377\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74377\" class=\" wp-image-74377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/en\/2016\/07\/sand-dog-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Terrazzo via Visualhunt.com\" width=\"239\" height=\"179\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-74377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Terrazzo via Visualhunt.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The people are proud of their creations and want to share them with anyone taking an interest. You can find <strong>musicians<\/strong> performing on the various streets and plazas, great works of <strong>graffiti<\/strong> painted high and low, not to mention all the weird and wonderful creations at the different <strong>street festivals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One form of art which is popular in Barcelona is the art of creating\u00a0<strong>sand sculptures<\/strong> which come and go over time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Tabla de contenidos<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sand-sculptures\/#Where-are-they\" title=\"Where are they?\">Where are they?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sand-sculptures\/#What-do-they-look-like\" title=\"What do they look like?\">What do they look like?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sand-sculptures\/#Remember-to-tip\" title=\"Remember to tip\">Remember to tip<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where-are-they\"><\/span>Where are they?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They can be found all along the <strong>beach<\/strong> at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Barceloneta,_Barcelona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">La Barceloneta<\/a> throughout the year. Local<strong> artists<\/strong> use sand\u00a0as a building material and the beach as a space in which to display their inventive pieces of work. During the <strong>summer<\/strong> is when you&#8217;ll find the most sculptures being made\u00a0when the city is at its busiest, but even during the winter, you&#8217;ll still see a few.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: Popular beaches in Barcelona<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What-do-they-look-like\"><\/span>What do they look like?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They come in all shapes and sizes, from the small and intricate\u00a0to the large and grandiose. Sometimes <strong>artists<\/strong> even collaborate to make big projects, such as the &#8220;sounds of the sands&#8221; based on Sch\u00f6nbrunn palace in Vienna. The <strong>main structure<\/strong> stood over 6m high, featuring a <strong>life-sized orchestra<\/strong> playing a variety of instruments. And not only was this project large in scale but even the smallest details\u00a0were been painstakingly crafted to precision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other works you&#8217;ll be likely to see are <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gaud\u00ed<\/a>-style buildings, animals, and historical portraits.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remember-to-tip\"><\/span>Remember to tip<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_74378\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74378\" class=\" wp-image-74378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/en\/2016\/07\/sand-man-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Terrazzo via Visual Hunt\" width=\"232\" height=\"174\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-74378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Terrazzo via Visual Hunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although these are works of passion it is customary to give a little change to the artist after admiring their art. Most <strong>street artists<\/strong> in the city also have another form of income, but every little helps! It requires a lot of time and effort to develop a skill like this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, the next time you&#8217;re wandering the city streets admiring the <strong>historical architecture<\/strong> above you, take the time to see <em>these<\/em> great feats of engineering emerging from the beach. You don&#8217;t know how long they&#8217;ll be around for!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>Looking for a place to stay during your visit to Barcelona?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>ShBarcelona<\/b><\/a>\u00a0offers a variety of apartments for short and long stays in the city.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona is a very inspiring place with lots of unique character and charm. 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