Art sand （手先の）技術s! 素晴らしい photographs 逮捕（する） the work of an artist who races against time and tide to create amazing 作品 on the beach using just a RAKE

  • Artist Julian Richardson, 42, creates breathtaking 作品 of art on beaches across south east England
  • He uses a rake to gently 捨てる the 最高の，を越す 層 of sand, 明らかにする／漏らすing a darker sand underneath to create contrast
  • Changing tides mean he only has a few hours to 完全にする each design, which are up to 500ft in 直径

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手段ing up to 500ft in 直径, these unusual 作品 of art transform 砂漠d beaches into blank canvases.

The breathtaking 創造s are the brainchild of artist Julian Richardson, 42, who has just hours to 完全にする each design before it is 埋め立てるd by the tide.

Using a wire leaf rake, Mr Richardson carefully 'tickles' the sand to 明らかにする／漏らす darker wet sand underneath. The contrast between the 層s creates the 'colours' for the patterns.

The artist, from Wiltshire, has created 45 sand artworks across the south west of England since 2013. His beach of choice is Brean 負かす／撃墜する in Somerset as the Bristol Channel has one of the world's largest 潮の changes, giving him a wide stretch of beach on which to work.?The headland 300ft above also 申し込む／申し出s 見解（をとる）s across the bay.

Mr ?Richardson said: '予定 to 潮の 条件s, the sand art's nature is very "of the moment".?Each piece can only be fully 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がるd when 見解（をとる）d from 総計費. At ground level the art appears more abstract in 外見.

'I only have a seven hour work window in which to create and 記録，記録的な／記録する each piece of sand art before the 後継の tide erases it.

'On the 半端物 occasion I've had to alt er a design 予定 to the beach 存在 slow to 乾燥した，日照りの out, or have had to 修正する a piece ーするために 完全にする it to a 十分な 行う／開催する／段階 and 文書 the art before the 後継の tide （海，煙などが）飲み込むs it.'?

Artist Julian Richardson creates these breathtaking beach designs using a metal wire rake to reach different layers of sand

Artist Julian Richardson creates these breathtaking beach designs using a metal wire rake to reach different 層s of sand

A group of beach-goers walk across this contrasting design, which looks like a maze laid on top of a checker board

A group of beach-goers walk across this contrasting design, which looks like a maze laid on 最高の，を越す of a checker board

A man admires the creation
Mr Richardson, right, only has a few hours to create each design before the tide comes in

Mr Richardson, 権利, only has a few hours to create each design before the tide comes in. Left, a man admires his work

The artist prefers to work at Brean Down beach in Somerset (pictured), where the headland offers views of the bay

The artist prefers to work at Brean 負かす／撃墜する beach in Somerset (pictured), where the headland 申し込む／申し出s 見解（をとる）s of the bay

While the overall shape of each creation can be appreciated at height, the designs are more abstract close up (pictured)

While the 全体にわたる 形態／調整 of each 創造 can be 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がるd at 高さ, the designs are more abstract の近くに up (pictured)

The artist, who has also spent more than 20 years making crop circles, often creates works of art with geometric patterns

The artist, who has also spent more than 20 years making 刈る circles, often creates 作品 of art with geometric patterns

Large circles of differing sizes reach out across the sand at Brean Down, in Somerset, as if they are tentacles?

Large circles of 異なるing sizes reach out across the sand at Brean 負かす／撃墜する, in Somerset, as if they are tentacles?

The light and dark sand is used along with perspective in this design to create the illusion of an enormous 3D cube

The light and dark sand is used along with 視野 in this design to create the illusion of an enormous 3D cube

Mr Richardson's experience in creating crop circles is evident in this design which features expanding rings

Mr Richardson's experience in creatin g 刈る circles is evident in this design which features 拡大するing （犯罪の）一味s

A man walking across the beach gives a sense of the scale of this sand art work, which is made of diamond shapes

A man walking across the beach gives a sense of the 規模 of this sand art work, which is made of diamond 形態／調整s

Breathtaking aerial shots such as this make the most of Mr Richardson's designs by placing them in a stunning landscape

Breathtaking 空中の 発射s such as this make the most of Mr R ichardson's designs by placing them in a 素晴らしい landscape

Following a familiar theme, this enormous creation also resembles tentacles reaching across the sand at Brean Down

に引き続いて a familiar 主題, this enormous 創造 also 似ているs tentacles reaching across the sand at Brean 負かす／撃墜する

Mr Richardson he has had to change designs halfway through on occasion, depending on the sand and tidal movements

Mr Richardson he has had to change designs halfway through on occasion, depending on the sand and 潮の movements

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