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A 10 min Short Film on the iconic Christchurch artist Peter Donnelly who has etched and raked over 700 works into the New Brighton sands.
Can you say Peter is a bohemian?
Why did it take me 50 years to understand what it means to be a bohemian?
Why do so many artist types love to wear black?
Why cant “normal” people be infected with the sensitive love that infects most bohemian artists?
No Comments With a simple stick and a rake, New Zealand sand artist Peter Donnelly creates amazing works of art that only last for as long as the ocean allows.
The location is New Brighton beach, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Robert Lang is a pioneer of the newest kind of origami — using math and engineering principles to fold mind-blowingly intricate designs that are beautiful and, sometimes, very useful.
If you need inspiration, run don’t walk to watch the documentary “A Man Named Pearl.”
The video below is just a trailer for the documentary. To get the full story of the man and his art and his passion, you have to watch the documentary.
A Man Named Pearl tells the inspiring story of self-taught topiary artist Pearl Fryar.
It shows what one person can achieve when he allows himself to share the full expression of his humanity.
Art.
Creativity,
Gardening.
Elegant.
Abstract.
Sculpture.
Topiary.
Passion.
According to Pearl’s official website “All are welcome and if you find me at home, I’ll stop whatever I am doing to visit with you and tell you about my work and why I create topiary sculpture.”
“Use what you have.”
- Pearl Fryar
“One thing well done, is worth a million excuses.”
- Ben Franklin
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
May 24, 2010 
