Genesis - Origin of Humanity

This week in the Genesis series the message was on the Origin of Humanity. Talking about man and his position and role in the creation story. The creative team decided it would be cool to create a sand sculpture of Adam as a play on his creation from the ground. Creating an actual sand sculpture might have been easier but would have been very fragile and therefore not a good idea for transportation and display. These are our images of inspiration and one is a digital sketch of the actual idea.



We put our heads together and decided to use some of the materials we were somewhat comfortable with in order to pull it off. We used Styrofoam sheets, plaster, glue, spraypaint, and actual beach sand. Here are some photos of the process:





Once the basic shape of the body was formed, we used sprayfoam insulation to give him hair, spray paint to color it, plastered him into a single pose, constructed a box of 2x4s and plywood, coated him in spray adhesive and applied actual sand.



He was finally ready for display and placed on stage for the entirety of the services. It served as a great visual for the message and a tool for better understanding humanity from a new perspective. Here are some photos form the services: