During our course last week we looked at nature and natural structures to gain inspiration for our designs.
A couple of summers ago, I built this sandcastle.
The design was based on a spiral galaxy.
Once all the sandcastles were in place I decided that each sandcastle should have a white stone on top.
It was a race against time to get it finished before the tide came and washed it all away.
As with a permaculture project, the sandcastle went through the stages of design, implementation and modification (the white stones).
The sandcastle took about two and a half hours to complete and when it was finished I had a blister on my spade hand and the tide destroyed it almost as soon as it was finished,
but the joy of creative work in the open air made it all worthwhile.
Story, Linocut and Photograph by Jonathan Penney
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