The World Beach Project

Open to anyone, everywhere The World Beach Project invites members of the public to upload photographs online of artwork they have created themselves on beaches across the world.

An idea created by Sue Lawty in collaberation with the Victoria and Albert Museum, over 500 pictures have already been submitted on an international scale - ranging from Iceland to South Africa.

The criteria for submitting pictures are that they must be created from organic material found on the beach, such as pebbles or seaweed. Three photographs have to be taken; one of the art work in process, a photograph of the location and finally a photo of the finished product.

Lawty describes her inspiration for the project as being intially linked to her fascination with stones.

She said on the V&A website, "World beach was conceived as a global drawing project; a stone drawing project that would speak about time, place, geology and the base instinct of touch."

Currently Lawty is aiming to fill in the blanker patches on The World Beach Project map, appealing to Chinese Radio stations to try and inspire more coastal art work to be created in this area.

The beauty of The World Beach Project lies in its simplicity, and the individuality of each picture. In contrast to Antony Gormley's One and Other Project that also relies on the public to create the art form, The World Beach project is somewhat less vulgar and yet more personal, without relying on members of the public to make exhibitionists of themselves.

Read Sue Lawty's blog: http://doiop.com/suelawty
Upload a picture to The World Beach Project map: http://doiop.com/mapbeach