The World Championships of Sand Sculpting was held in Washington from September 8 to October 3.
Artists from all over the world competed for the title in three categories: solo, duet and team.
Check out these amazing work of art.
Dan Belcher of St. Louis runs around his sculpture a few minutes before the start of the competition.
The teams had six hours to fill sand into solid molds for future figures.
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Sculptor Sue McGraw from Tacoma, Washington works on her creation.
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Sculptor Mark Lepir from Quebec is working on her figure.
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Sudarsan Pattnaik works on the sculpture of Barack Obama.
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Joris Krivits from the Netherlands presented the sculpture “Puzzle”.
The other side was damaged by a bird who tried to land on it.
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“Magnetic attraction” created by Fergus Mulvaney of Ireland.
Uldis Zarins from Latvia made this sculpture titled “It was a bad dream.”
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Benjamin Probanza of Mexico decided to name his sculpture “Untitled”.
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