Sand man steps out into the limelight

Wednesday 23rd September 2009, 2:58PM BST.

The Sand man: St Lawrence carpenter Andy Coutanche (00795536)

THE creator of a stunning design that appeared on Plémont beach on Saturday is a carpenter from St Lawrence.

Following yesterday’s appeal for readers to get in touch if they knew who he was, it can today be revealed that he is Andy Coutanche.

‘I had seen crop circles and the Led Zeppelin album cover and I just thought I could do that in the sand,’ he said. ‘I started doing it in Jersey about a year ago. I did a couple in New Zealand a few years ago on the beach, but they were only small ones.

‘I used string for the first few, but I found that it got knotted. I use an old farm rake, not a leaf rake. I believe it belonged to my grandfather. I did the one on Saturday freehand. It took between 40 and 45 minutes.’

Find out in tomorrow’s JEP exactly how the designs are created with a step-by-step guide by Mr Coutanche.

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Leah Holmes

September 23, 2009 at 3:09 pm

Impressive, these kind of things bring a smile to faces.

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wake up

September 23, 2009 at 3:19 pm

Gutted!! he could have been Jersey’s BANKSY

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TheMoaningOldBugger

September 23, 2009 at 3:31 pm

Fantastic we need more of these people around it brings a smile to evrybody faces!!!

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Vicki

September 23, 2009 at 5:12 pm

thanks for sharing

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Tony B

September 23, 2009 at 7:43 pm

Wow! Now that is a beautiful, sustainable eye catching art! More power to his elbow.

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colin webber

October 1, 2009 at 8:46 am

get on andy. congrats to you. your work is at last being seen. keep up the good work.
the Webbers in New Zealand.
P.S can’t wait till you come back to oakura and do some work on our beach.

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