The sand used to make giant sand sculptures on Revere Beach is specially brought in from another New England state. Celebrating its 20th year, more than a dozen sand sculptures have taken over Revere Beach for the Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival, which will last until Sunday. But the sand used in the festival isn’t from the beach there.
The sand used for the sculptures is from a quarry in New Hampshire, which is driven to Revere Beach and dumped off with the help of MassDCR. Sculpture organizer Melinage Beauregard said it takes a day to deliver the sand, and another two days to distribute. Read more: Sand sculptures take over Revere Beach for 20th annual sculpting festival The sand the sculptors use is very fine and has square-shaped grains instead of round ones.
The sand was delivered to the sidewalk near the beach on July 13. The city then uses wheel loaders to move the sand where it needs to go. The beach shared the experience on Instagram.
It might look very different from the average sand castle but when it comes to actually building a sculpture, Beauregard said it is “very similar to what you’re going to do on the beach with a bucket” — just with large wooden or plastic frames with bottoms. Most of the sculptures this year feature animals, like chameleons, cats and sea creatures. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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