Andrew van der Merwe

Desribing himself as the world’s first “beach calligrapher”, Cape Town letter artist Andrew van der Merwe has developed  an original technique for carving letters in the sand.

Andrew van der Merwe

Andrew van der Merwe

Andrew van der Merwe

Andrew van der Merwe

Andrew van der Merwe

Andrew van der Merwe

Andrew van der Merwe

Andrew van der Merwe

Andrew van der Merwe

Andrew van der Merwe

Andrew van der Merwe

Andrew van der Merwe

Andrew van der Merwe

Andrew van der Merwe

Andrew van der Merwe

Andrew van der Merwe

You can see more of Andrew’s work, and detailed explanantions of how he goes about creating it on the Behance Network. Andrew also does commissions. If you’d like your name, or anything really, carved in the sand you can get in touch at his Beachscriber page.

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About Justin Slack

Justin Slack is a designer, writer and educator from Cape Town South Africa, and the editor of Urban Renewal. He is also South African Managing Editor for global city guide Unlike. You can view a selection of his design work at justinslack.com.

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