Here are the top two winners in each category (realistic and abstract) of the multi-block competition of the World Ice Art Championships. I have to say some could fit either category. I am surprised (and pleased) at how well the USA did this year.
Hunting Dragons, 1st place realistic. Steve and Heather Brice and Steve and Justin Cox, USA.
Winter Breeze, 1st place abstract. Stan Kolonko,
Chris Uyehara, Jerry
Perun, and Wei Sen Liang, USA
Foreign Object, 2nd place realistic. Chris Foltz, Woojay Poynter, Jillian Howell, Amelia Rombach, USA
Hope, 2nd place abstract. Ivan Zuev,
Aleksandr Parfenov,
Mikhail Vasilenko, Eduard Ponomarenko, Russia
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Isn’t is just amazing what people can do with ice and to have the patience to do it in the cold?
The weather this year wasn’t bad aside from the thaw, but temperatures can easily be well below zero. And those sculptures are big! The human figures are close to life size.
Just incredible.
Amazing!