Watch this mesmerizing time-lapse of Italian sand artist Leonardo Ugolini sculpting a miniature Millennium Falcon out of sand.
The video, first posted to TikTok (and then a longer version to YouTube), showed Ugolini carefully use a spatula to build the body of the Millennium Falcon on top of a plywood cut to the contour of the Star Wars starship. Then, he used various tools to add features such as the sensor dish and ship's surface details.
Ugolini sprayed a mixture of water and glue using a nebulizer to create a transparent film that cover the spacecraft and keep its shape. This, and the use of the plywood base, allowed the artist to move the sculpture back to his studio.
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In his YouTube clip, Ugolini added a cockpit diorama featuring a cutout of Chewbacca:
Watch the full clip below: