Monday, January 28, 2013

Artist At Work

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The ice carvers I saw on Saturday had amazing skill. They used all sorts of power tools freehand. The web site for the event said that each of the sculptors was given big frozen blocks to work from but I don't see how they could have done some of this without molds. Their efforts ended in gleaming works of fine art, like the surfing chimp below.      

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7 comments:

Olivier said...

j'adore les sculptures sur glace. Superbe "Macro" sur la premiere photo

cieldequimper said...

I really would have enjoyed this!

brattcat said...

that top shot is fabulous.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

I agree with Brattcat Bob, that first image is a keeper..good for next competition you enter right!

William Kendall said...

Amazing first shot!

It's a treat to watch these carvers at work.

Jack said...

It is hard to understand what makes an artist start working in this medium.

Stefan Jansson said...

You should ask these people to do an ice portrait of you standing there with your camera.