The Incredibly Stunning Art of Andrew van der Merwe
January 30, 2010 by BuzzEdition
Filed under Beautiful Moments
Andrew van der Merwe is an incredible calligrapher, artist and photographer from Cape Town, South Africa. He has enjoyed writing and lettering since childhood, but started freelancing about 20 years ago.
He developed his beach calligraphy technique and photographs his work to capture the quickly eroding art, which normally only survives an hour after creation. This does not seem to halt his artistic desire to create more, as he states, “I leave no footprints and the tide leaves me with a clean slate.”
His work is incredibly stunning, and his passion is obvious. He believes, “Even wordless writing must have a logic, a system of movement, a poetry.”
Andrew also has a passion for simple names as you will see in the photos. To have your name captured in the sand (currently listed on his site at $75.00), you can contact him via Behance messaging or email him: beachcalligraphy (at) gmail.com to commission his creations.
All Photos From Andrew van der Merwe
Thanks to @Longnu for finding this wonderful artist and sharing him with me.
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Thankyou for such a beautiful art experience.It’s wonderful to find someone so gifted.
Some of these look awesome while others look really awesome, does anybody know how long it takes him to do these larger ones?
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Wow! How did they do that?? Amazing huh! This is my first to see that kind of art. I love it. I wish I can do that. Thanks for sharing this.
Van der Merwe is so talented! He’s one of those guys who was just naturally gifted with unbelievable talent, and it reflects in his work.
stunning, just a shame your not my andrew van der merwe
I never heard about beach calligraphy before. Wow it’s super awesome, especially the bird-like one….I am wondering how long he usually make that art especially one with detaild and complicated motifs.