Everything
met is a perfect medium for you, if you are an artist. Even though we are
delighted after building a sandcastle at the beach, Bastarrika is not satisfied
as we are. He is very ambitious in his work and they roam all around the
natural world. Scroll the cursor up and down to see the best productions of him
from the bull to the shark. Bastarrika has sculptured the world’s best work by
unearthing something beyond animals.
According
to Bastarrika, the journey of his artistic taste of sand had begun in the
summer of 2010 on the beach along with two girls. He has first sculptured a
mermaid and while engaging in the work he had been able to identify the gift of
his hands—his hands and the ‘fluidity’ of them. He told Bored Panda. "I
devoted myself to developing this gift and have spent the last 10 years doing
just that.”
Bastarrika
posted on Facebook, "The sand fascinates me because no matter how you look
at it, it will always teach you things if you are willing to learn."
"In order to create a sculpture, an unthinkable number of sand particles
participate, hugging each other tightly through humidity, so that someone could
model their union. And once the artist steps back, its piece will remain at the
mercy of nature, meaning that sooner or later the wind will dry them up and
release each particle, slowly consuming all the individuality and
authenticity."
Bastarrika
says even though he finds so many reasons to be attracted to sand, this work is
considered the main creation. He believes that mankind should act in this
manner. "To create a beautiful world, we should all embrace each other
just as tightly."
"There
are a lot of reasons why I like to make animal sculptures as well, but one is
the fact that animals are free spirits," Bastarrika shared, explaining
that animals are creatures with great wisdom, not only unique beauty.
"Humans can reflect and learn from them."
"Then,
there's the nudity they bring with themselves to this world at birth which they
keep until their death. That nudity -- at least to me -- symbolizes freedom,
the essential ingredient to being able to truly live. Humans 'overdress' to
survive in a lot of ways. I have never made nor will I make an animal with a
necklace or chains. I prefer to embrace their freedom, power, and wisdom
through beauty rather than a form of suffering."
He starts
by heaping up moist sand and shaping it to get its expression, and the next
steps of making it alive. After this discovery of the work, with the use of a
sharpened stick and a feather he deepens the same expression in order to give
birth to it. In some instances materials such as ashes, clay powder, stone
powder of various colors, coal powder, shards of grass and much more are used
to make it more live.
"The
time it takes to create one piece largely depends on its size," Bastarrika
stated. "The elephant, for example, took me 2 days, while the horse and
the bison took 12 hours each. The dogs, which were smaller, needed about 6 to 8
hours."
Amazing!! What a gift he has in creating these.
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