I saw this when I was looking on the V&A site, it just captured my imagination...
What is the World Beach Project?
The World Beach Project devised by Sue Lawty, is a global art project open to anybody, anywhere, of any age. Building on the experience many of us have of making patterns on beaches and shorelines, this project combines the simplicity of making patterns with stones with the complexities of shape, size, colour, tone, composition, similarity and difference.
Why is it all about stones?
Sue's idea for this project has always been based around patterns made with stones. That means no seashells, seaweed, driftwood or other flotsam and jetsam commonly found on beaches. It also means no drawing in - or shaping of - sand: just stones and nothing else.
"The idea for the World Beach Project arrived in my head fully formed and in an instant. It popped up by way of responding to the response to my work using small stones, which in its turn, is a response to the land – specifically, rock."
