Lucina Wierenga

Lucinda has won a modest amount of international fame with her sand sculpting skills — carving at major contests and festivals world over since 1987. She has taught generations of Texans how to build a better sandcastle — and has reached untold numbers more with three “how-to” sandcastle books — she is currently working on a fourth. Lucinda helped establish the South Padre Island Sandcastle Days’ masters contest in 1987 and has either run it or participated in it every year since. 

Lucinda’s company - Sandy Feet Sandcastle Services - has organized and created large, multi-sculpture exhibits all over Texas, including the South Padre Island Holiday Sandcastle Village — an ever-changing sand sculpture gallery featuring the works of some of the most talented artists on the planet. 

 

Sand sculpture showing an arch, the inside of which is filled with a tree and roots. On top of the arch is a woman.

Sand sculpture showing a guitar standing straight up. At the top of the guitar, instead of what's usually there, there's a woman's head. Her body flows down behind the guitar