T
he renowned Australian sand sculptor Peter Redmond will visit Broome next month as part of the Airnorth Cable Beach Polo. The award winning artist will travel to the tourist town for the first time and will use the world famous Cable Beach as his canvas to create magical masterpieces out of sand. Redmond discovered a love for this art medium and started carving in sand as a junior at Sand Sculpting Australia’s 2006 event at Rye. He is a graphic designer and illustrator by trade. He used the opportunity to leap into other sand sculpting projects and in no time at all, carved out his own career in the unique profession.
Redmond has worked on more than 40 sand sculpting jobs including shopping centres, festivals, events and smaller corporate promotions around Australia over the past decade. His magical creations range from fairy tale princesses and swashbuckling pirates, giant sea turtles to intricate underwater kingdoms featuring mermaids and sea monsters and quirky creatures.
Redmond’s skills has also taken him overseas, where he has made his mark in different countries including New Zealand and the Maldives. His latest venture took him on a two-week trip to Egypt in March where he and another sculptor created dramatic mythical animal sand sculptures to celebrate the opening of a new mall in Cairo.
Redmond won the People’s Choice Award at the 2013 Australian Sand Sculpting Championship on the Gold Coast with his piece titled The Kingdom. Next month, Redmond will bring his exceptional skills to Broome to create a different masterpiece each day at the Airnorth Cable Beach Polo weekend from Friday 19 to Sunday 21 May, 2017.
Redmond is inviting visitors and locals alike to join him at the Cable Beach on Saturday, May 20 to learn about sand sculpting and to creating wondrous artwork. Redmond said the opportunity to come to Broome during the polo event was exciting. “I’ve done quite a bit of beach sculpture over the years and I’ve never been to Broome…so I’m really excited to just be there for a start,” he said. “But I really like the idea of being able to produce some amazing sculpture for exactly the same reasons I do everywhere else – to get people a little bit excited about it and get people to realise that things are possible.”
