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One day Van der Merwe was playing with a stick with a piece of flattened wire at the end, shaped to produce attractive letter forms. It left an attractive V cut in the sand.

ANDREW VAN DER MERWE

Beach scribe keeps Cape Town perfectly carved

Self-taught beach calligrapher Andrew van der Merwe explains how he has carved a career as a professional lettering artist

Eunice Masson