Ukrainian carves 'message of peace' sculpture at Sandworld Weymouth
The sculpture has moved many visitors to tears
An award winning Ukrainian sand sculptor has created a four meter tall message of peace at Weymouth's Sandworld.
Slava Borecki's hometown near Kyiv has been bombed, schools, military bases and roads have all been destroyed.
The sculpture was finished last week in Weymouth and represents Slava's strong anti-war philosophy.
Slava said:
"This sculpture represents a situation where evil takes harvest and sows the seeds of hatred and is a plea for peace. I do not believe the war is between good and bad, both sides will lose no matter what – due to the deaths and devastation caused by this war and all others before it. This sculpture is carved with ‘Thou Shall Not Kill’. I wish for the killing to stop and for peace for all.”
Slava moved to Poland 24 years ago, and has now opened his home to 19 Ukrainian refugees, including 9 children. He says his neighbours in Poland have done the same.
Co-founder of SandWorld, Mark Anderson said:
"He was determined. He had this thing he wanted to get out and express himself and say 'this is a message of peace, stop the war and stop what you're doing to your brothers'.
"He's come up with this amazing piece of work, I mean it's an emotional piece of work.
"He only had ten days here, and he's done this incredible amount of work in that period. He was coming in at 6am and leaving at 6-7pm at night.
"We had people coming up and they were crying watching him do it."
Slava’s sculpture, ‘A Message of Peace’, will be raising funds for those in need in Ukraine and will be available to view throughout 2022's season at Sandworld.