BEVERLEY MINSTER IN SAND - NOT QUITE YOUR AVERAGE SAND CASTLE

Paul Hoggard and Remy Geerts are internationally-renown Sand Artists who design, organise and create original sand sculptures for events world-wide. Their beautiful, highly detailed reproduction of Beverley Minster at Flemingate started on the 4th June, has taken 4 weeks to sculpt and has been a source of fascination for visitors to the shopping and leisure area as they have watched the Minster appear out of a pile of sand.

Paul Hoggard is from Beverley. He approached Graham Tait, Flemingate Centre Manager, on the back of Hull City of Culture 2017 which enjoyed such varied and creative cultural and arts events, to do something different in Beverley.

The sand sculpture is another first for the area and unique in that the original and the reproduction are in such close proximity.

The sand for the sculpture has been donated by Yarrows Aggregates and MKM Building Supplies. The sand has been sourced by Yarrows Aggregates, which is part of the FD Bird Group. John Bird, MD, said: “I have never seen anything
like this! Incredible! Amazing! And so good for Beverley.”

MKM Building Supplies Director Andy Beet, who has co-sponsored the sand for the build said: “When we heard about this we were very keen to get involved. It’s fantastic to see such work in Beverley. It has created such interest. We are delighted to be able to support this project.” 

Sand sculptures are designed to be temporary, but if looked after, they will remain standing for years. The Flemingate sculpture has already withstood an earthquake - it would be wonderful if it could remain in situ at Flemingate for many
years to come.

It is a labour of love for Paul and Remy, who have donated their time free of charge to create such an ecologically-friendly piece for Beverley.