Shifting Forms: The Art & Science of Sand Sculpture

Fri Jun 12 2026 at 10:00 am to 02:00 pm UTC-04:00

Brewster Book Store | Brewster

The Brewster Book Store
Publisher/HostThe Brewster Book Store
Shifting Forms: The Art & Science of Sand Sculpture
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In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn to sculpt with one of nature's most common materials - sand.
About this Event

The tide rolls in across the Brewster Flats. Your creation, gone. And that is the point.

In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn to sculpt with one of nature's most common materials - sand. You'll explore packing, layering, and carving techniques, work with both professional tools and improvised ones, and incorporate found objects from the shoreline - shells, stones, seaweed, driftwood - to create something that is distinctly of this place and this moment.

But this workshop is about more than technique. Sculpting in sand invites a different artistic mindset: one that trades perfectionism for presence, and permanence for play. When you know the tide is coming, every decision sharpens.

You'll leave without your sculpture - and with something better: a new relationship with impermanence, a set of practical sculpting skills, and the memory of making something beautiful precisely because it couldn't last.

No experience necessary. Just show up ready to get sandy and let go.

Ideal for artists, nature lovers, and curious makers of all levels.


Raindate: Saturday, June 13, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

(NOTE: In the event of inclement weather, as determined by the instructor, the session will be moved to the rain date, and participants will be notified. Refunds are not given if the session is moved to the rain date.)

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Brewster Book Store, 2648 Main Street, Brewster, United States

Tickets

USD 57.33

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