Queen's Platinum Jubilee sculpture at Weymouth's Sandworld collapses
Nature stands on ceremony for no one, it seems, as a Jubilee sand sculpture in Weymouth collapses
Last updated 16th Jun 2022
A giant replica of a 50p coin carved in sand at Weymouth's Sandworld has collasped.
It had been created in celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
Staff say they were shocked and disappointed to find the sculpture had collapsed under its own weight.
The piece took sculptor David Hicks about three weeks to carve.
He said:
"I was shocked, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Sometimes a small collapse will happen, very occasionally you'll have a major collapse like this one.
"If you work with sand you know there's always a finite life to these things. They never last forever so you're kind of used to the idea that it will go at some point. I would have liked for it to last the season."
The park won't be rebuilding the sculpture. Instead they plan on creating a montage of photographs to show people there really is nothing underneath holding their sculptures together, and sometimes these things happen.
Dave added:
"It's one of those art forms that you kind of have to see while it's there, because it won't be there forever."