When things collapse Damon Langlois rebuilds.

The seasoned artist from View Royal embraces the unpredictable world of sand sculpting, where each masterpiece is vulnerable to the whims of weather and nature.

His latest endeavour documents the resilience and creativity required to overcome massive destruction.

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Langlois is a five-time world champion in sand sculpting, designer of the tallest sandcastle with the Sand Sculpture Company in 2015, creator of Liberty Crumbling, the most shared sand sculpture on the internet, and has won the Canadian Open in Parksville multiple times.

No destruction stands out more in his storied career than when he was artistic director for a monumental immersive sculpture project in the heart of Kuwait City.

A decade ago, 72 professional sand sculptors set out to carve 30,000 tonnes of sand into a small town. Halfway through the project, a rainstorm hit.

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After the rains, the team did what came naturally, working more than 20,000 hours to complete the project. Although they lost the top four feet of the walk-through sand palace, it was still an impressive 52 feet when they finished.

As the 10th anniversary approached, Langlois revisited and refined the booklet concept.

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含羞草研究社淚t was a compulsion because here we含羞草研究社檇 made this masterpiece in the desert 含羞草研究社� the best sand sculptors in the world and we含羞草研究社檇 made this immersive sculpture park,含羞草研究社� he said. 含羞草研究社淥nly a handful of people only ever saw that or experienced that.含羞草研究社�

As part of the planning, he含羞草研究社檇 created 32 short stories based on original tales for each sculptor to work from and be inspired by.

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In this project, his simplified versions of the tales would accompany the sculptors含羞草研究社� works 含羞草研究社� sort of like a program. Over the last decade, he含羞草研究社檚 fine-tuned the volume to 300 pictures and 32 shorter versions of the stories from the Arabian Nights, crafting a 276-page art and story book.

As a first step, he launched an online funding platform for Stories in Sand含羞草研究社擳he Arabian Nights, which hit its investor goal well ahead of the deadline.

含羞草研究社淭he next step from that is the key. I want a publisher to pick it up,含羞草研究社� he said. 含羞草研究社淚t needs to get out there.含羞草研究社漴e.含羞草研究社�

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