Each year, from late February through most of March, IceAlaska hosts a kids’ park (ice slides, climb-on ice sculptures, ice mazes and skating rinks.) The same venue plays host to the BP World Ice Art Championships. These slide shows display the 2014 competition pieces.
The Single Block competition gives teams of 1 or 2 people a single block of “Alaska Diamond” ice, roughly 8′ x 5′ x 3′ harvested from O’Grady Pond Too. Heavy equipment is used only for the initial placement of the block. Power tools may be used, and the teams are allowed 2 1/2 days to work. Only the ice, ice shavings, and water (as glue) may be part of the finished sculpture.
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- Love in Motion: First Place Single-block Realistic
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- Carnival: First Place Abstract and Artists’ Choice single-block Abstract
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- Teaching Breaching: 2nd Place Realistic
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- Windy Day: 2nd Place Abstract
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- Conformity: 3rd Place Realistic
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- Flight to the Sun: 3rd Place Abstract
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- Fairy Tale: 4th Place Realistic
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- Peaceful Flight: 4th Place Abstract
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- Lunch: 5th Place Realistic and Artists’ Choice Single-block Realistic
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- Queen of the Forest: 5th Place Abstract
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- Self Made Man
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- Aurora Harp
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- Curiosity Killed the Cat?
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- “Resting Grizzley” by B.D. Berry
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- Hello
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- Goliath Defender of the Night
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- Behold
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- Reminder of the Past
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- Pass Through of Time and Space
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- Safety
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- Tree of Life
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- Arctic Winter Dreams
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- Below the Surface
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- The Second Brain
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- Born to be Wild
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- Arapaima
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- Brick House
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- Progression
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- God of Fire
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- Viral
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- Connie’s Spirit
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- The One That Got Away
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- I Love You!
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- To Face a Fear, To Be Set in the Clear
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- Metamorphosis Of Aisha’s Dream
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- Strong
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- Creation Station
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- Born to be Wild
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- Which One is Yours?
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- Anybody Out There?
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- Yearning
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- Full Circle
The Multi-Block competition gives teams of up to 4 people 10 blocks of ice, each roughly 6′ x 4′ x 3′. (The 3′ in each case may vary; it’s the thickness of the pond ice.) Heavy equipment and skilled operators are available to move and stack carved and uncarved ice. The teams have 5 1/2 days to work.
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- Maidens of Birch Tree: 1st place Multi-block Realistic
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- Heavy Duty Dream: 1st Place Multi-block Abstract
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- Soul of the Moon, 2nd Place Realistic
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- Gone With The Wind: Artists’ Choice and 2nd Place Abstract
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- Adventure Book: Attists’ Choice and 3rd Place Multi-block Realistic
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- Emotion, 3rd Place Abstract
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- The Last Dance: 4th Place Realistic and my favorite.
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- Blessing of the Horse Year, 4th Place Abstract
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- Wind of Childhood, 5th Place Realistic
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- Morning Coffeek 5th Place Abstract
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- Governor’s Choice: Aurora Dreams
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- Guardian of the Deep
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- Nature’s Judge and Jury
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- It Takes Guts to Get Out of the Ruts
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- Cocked
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- Imagine Dragons
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These are beautiful!
Aren’t they?
Fabulous (and great photo’s)
One of the things for which I always get a season ticket.
WOW!!
They are impressive, aren’t they?
Love these! And what a cool park for kids–ice slides? Fun!
Yes, it’s generally full of kids, especially on weekends.
I love ice sculptures as art. In fact, I was just telling someone else just that. Oh, that tree of life, and the dancer, and all of them … so beautiful. Gorgeous park.
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These are really great! Do you watch them carve as well as view the final creations? What a fascinating art form.
I did this year, and even got some videos. Might try to put something up on youtube if I can figure out how to do the music. (I mean permission to use something.)
Wow these are amazing. I looked up the park and found they run ice sculpting classes. That would be so much fun. Thanks for sharing and thanks for dropping by my blog.
Sorry I didn’t get any photos under colored lights.
Still incredible.
It must be amazing to finish a piece like that and stand back and look at it and know you just created something so cool with your hands.
Heather
Cool — and transient. There are some ice museums, at least one year-round in Fairbanks. Refrigerated.
I’ve always admired people who can create things out of ice. Love the pictures. Ice sculptures are so beautiful!
I love the sculptures.
Those sculptures are amazing. So glad you shared them! How lucky for you to be able to see them in person! I’ll just have to live vicariously through you!
I love them and the photos don’t capture many of them well.
These are incredibly beautiful. I am so glad the A to Z Challenge brought me to your blog. I have never seen anything like this in all my life:)
Glad you like them.