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\"\"A Mark Lewis sand sculpture \u2013 Credit @LewisSandArt \/ SWNS<\/p>\n

A part-time minister has gone viral for his lifelike beach sculptures that depict everyday items like a giant toothpaste tube and a pair of crocs.<\/p>\n

Mark Lewis is passionate about sculpting sand into weird and wonderful forms\u2014and says he loves to put a smile on people\u2019s faces.<\/p>\n

The Star Wars fan has sculpted Jabba The Hutt and R2D2 along with SpongeBob Squarepants for the kids.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all about bringing joy into the world and inciting a smile on someone\u2019s face as they discover something unexpected on the beach,\u201d said the 57-year-old Englishman.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also love making things tall. The higher the sculpture the more impressive it is\u2014and we love it when people look at it, thinking how on earth did they do that!\u201d<\/p>\n

The clergyman from York began sand sculpting with his children back in 2010. Mark would take his two boys, Simeon and Ethan, down to Weymouth beach on the coast where a close friend lived.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe graduated in our thinking from the standard digging a big hole or making bucket sand castles, and started thinking about making our creations look like something definitive.<\/p>\n

\"\"A Mark Lewis sand sculpture \u2013 SWNS \/ @LewisSandArt<\/p>\n

As his kids were really into Star Wars, they started with Darth Vader\u2019s helmet and R2D2. Gradually, Mark developed \u2018the sand sculpture bug\u2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe and the boys always liked trying to build something very unexpected that you wouldn\u2019t find on the beach,\u201d he told SWNS news agency. \u201cThe sculptures got more and more ambitious\u2014and what was just a family hobby turned into a serious one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Mark Lewis loves bringing a smile to peoples faces with creations like Spongebob Squarepants \u2013 SWNS \/ @LewisSandArt<\/p>\n

During the pandemic, Mark\u2019s sister bought him a day-long sand sculpture training with a company called Sand In Your Eye<\/a>, during which he learned professional techniques and which tools to use and when, which dramatically enhanced what he was able to do.<\/p>\n

There aren\u2019t many professional sand sculptures England, but the fleeting nature of the medium means his creations are short-lived.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not mind though. By its nature, sand is temporary. It is going to disappear and get washed away, so as long as I have photographs it\u2019s OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark\u2019s recent interactive sand sculpture\u2014a pair of crocs that people can step into\u2014went viral on social media, when people were taking pictures standing in his work and sharing them on Facebook group called \u2018I love Weymouth and Portland\u2019. After commenting in the group, Pastor Mark\u2019s Social Media pages<\/a> blew up (known by @LewisSandArt<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"\"Mark Lewis inside his sand sculpture of a pair of crocs \u2013 SWNS<\/p>\n

\u201cOut of everything I\u2019ve ever made on the beach, it\u2019s pretty random and funny the crocs are what blew up.\u201d<\/p>\n

The longest time Mark has spent on a single sand sculpture on the beach is around nine hours\u2014which was a massive Hogwarts castle built with the help of seven family members and friends.<\/p>\n

\"\"Mark Lewis sand sculpture of Hogwarts \u2013 @LewisSandArt \/ SWNS<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are limited by the daylight and the tide, or both\u2014so you have to account for that,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

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Mark also recalled a project in Cambridge assisting the lead sculptor at Sand In Your Eye, Jamie Wardley, building King\u2019s College Chapel. He was tasked with building The Bridge of Sighs over the river Cam, and called the \u201cincredibly intricate job\u201d the hardest he had ever done. It took the pair three days to complete it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to build it in a shopping centre, and we had to carry all the sand and equipment into the building in buckets. It was tons of sand, and two massive vans filled with equipment.<\/p>\n

They worked for three thirteen hour days, and Mark called it \u201cinsane and very physical\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cArchitecture is quite difficult to do as there\u2019s a lot of regularity to what you\u2019re sculpting\u2014so it\u2019s a lot less forgiving if you make minor mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mark loves to be on the beach, though, and explained that although every piece of art he makes is different, the foundations for building is the same every time: \u201cYou apply exactly the same principles whatever piece you are making.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, you always work (from the) top down. If you don\u2019t work like that, you\u2019ll be destroying intricate detail you\u2019ve created.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember trying to make a really tall candle, and it collapsed on me twice. It definitely happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Mark loves creating his sculptures, he looks forward to interacting with people from all walks of life.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople ask a lot of questions, and I like showing other kids and parents how to do it\u2014and inspire others to have a go themselves. They can do more than they think!\u201d<\/p>\n

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