Comments on: It's all gotta melt sometime

It's all gotta melt sometime

cubby — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:57:15 -0800

The World Ice Art Championships are being held in Fairbanks, Alaska this week. If you can't be there to see this year's sculptures, you can view last year's winners in both the single block and the multi-block divisions. You can also see many stunning entries from previous years.

By: cubby

cubby — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:02:39 -0800

There are also pictures of this year's entries, thought winners have yet to be announced.

By: cubby

cubby — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:03:15 -0800

um, though winners have yet to be announced

By: DU

DU — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:21:52 -0800

"Tize of Zove"?

By: imperium

imperium — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:42:50 -0800

Ha! Irony alert! Ice art sponsored by BP! I look forward to 2007's entry being a polar bear desperately swimming at the North Pole.

By: imperium

imperium — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:45:02 -0800

Correction: ConocoPhillips sponsored the single block ironies in 2006, and BP sponsored the multi block ironies.

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:50:21 -0800

Previously... Well, that was back in 2004, so I guess it doesn't count anymaore. Thanks for the post!

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:50:54 -0800

"Anymaore"?

By: cubby

cubby — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:19:48 -0800

Sorry for missing the previous post! I am impressed by the increasing complexity in the scultures even in just the past few years, so hopefully this is a good one to revisit.

By: MsMolly

MsMolly — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:04:32 -0800

Oh, it's going to end just two days before I'm up there for a job interview!

By: wenat

wenat — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:02:42 -0800

Also reminds me of the Alaskan Alpine Club's ice walls (previously on mefi).

By: inconsequentialist

inconsequentialist — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:46:31 -0800

I love these sculptures. I watched some ice sculpturists one time on the Food Network create a swan. It's very clumsy work at first having to lump off the larger chunks with chainsaws and the like, but the way things come together is always amazing. Here's a link to a video of what looks like it could be one of the pieces at this show or at least this type of competition (because of the white lights) which unfortunately collapses. (there's some distant chainsawing and a bit of screaming which might be loud) I feel sorry for the artists because of all of the hard work which has to go into creating something of this size. But, like the title of this post suggests, it was going to melt sometime anyway.

By: annieb

annieb — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:23:20 -0800

Absolutely gorgeous sculptures!! Thank you for this post!

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:30:58 -0800

Way cool. Previously related.

By: vagabond

vagabond — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:36:28 -0800

I used to work with one of the second place winners. Had completely forgot about him, and his crazy ice carving ways. Thanks for this post!

By: owhydididoit

owhydididoit — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:32:32 -0800

They also have ice festivals in Harbin.