Here’s the first place abstract in the multi-block competition in this year’s World Ice Art Championship. Sculptors are Vitally Lednev, Russia; Marlo Amegee, Monaco, Robert Sparks, USA and Bradley Groszkiewicz, USA.
Heavy Duty Dream
And first place in the realistic category. Sculptors are: Victor Dagatan, James Duggan, Jess Parrish and Angelito Baban, all from the USA.
Maidens of Birch Tree
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Amazing! You can’t do that in Oklahoma! I am particularly interested in how they manage to create those narrow strands that seem suspended in mid-air.
Wish I knew. We’ve had a couple of thaw days recently (27° right now) so I’ll have to check whether they’ve held up or melted.