Infinity Sand Sculpture By Carl Jara

This is the infinity sand sculpture by Carl Jara from Cleveland, Ohio. Carl Jara wowed beachgoers with his sand sculpture "Continuum," coming in first place at the annual Hampton Beach Master Sand Sculpting Competition. Jara has competed in sand sculpting competitions all over the world and over the years has won nine World Championship of Sand Sculpting medals. "Jara said he first discovered sand sculpting in 1991 while he was silk-screening t-shirts for his friends. One day a friend of his came in with a picture of a sandcastle and asked if Jara could put it on a t-shirt with a dragon design around it.
Impressed by the photo, Jara said he looked up the International Association of Sand Castle Builders and started making his own sculptures. "That summer I did my first sand sculpture in my driveway," Jara said. "I don't know what it was or if it was any good; probably wasn't." After high school Jara went to college to study graphic design at the Myers School of Art. It was there that Jara realized he neither liked nor was good at graphic design. Jara's art teacher told him to keep working on sandcastles. "My BA Fine Arts exhibit was a 15 foot sand sculpture, it was like a familial self portrait," Jara said "Then I walked to where I was working and quit my job." After college Jara started making sand sculpting a career. According to Jara he got mixed support from friends and family although his dad was very supportive of his goal and his mom eventually came around to the idea. "Well from the moment I graduated from college and quit my job waiting tables, I was going to make sand work," Jara said. "And it worked. I can't describe the long standing procedure of making a business work, but it worked." In addition to his work as a sand sculptor which has brought him around world, Jara has a position building and setting up exhibits at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.