get outside the block

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:46:10 -0500

This video demonstrates the usefulness of the aluminum welding ice carving technique. The technique allows carvers to easily "get outside the block" and create sculptures that are hardly limited by the dimensions of the ice block.
The sculpture that's being worked on is called "angel's touch" and is a representation of how all sorts of people can become "angels" in our lives, potentially making big differences through simple acts of kindness.
Carving by Dawson List

2004 World Ice Art Championships video

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:10:31 -0500

A few of the top ice sculptures from the 2004 World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska. The top 3 sculptures from the multiblock realistic category are shown as well as the top multiblock abstract sculpture.

extreme ice art

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:40:51 -0500

This is a collection of large (some over 20 feet tall!) ice sculptures from the 2004 World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska and Ice World 2003 in Lübeck, Germany. (There is one snow sculpture too.) Ice World had a biblical theme and one of the winning sculptures at the Ice Art Championships just happened to depict an abstract version of Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam," complete with an abstract Gabriel on God's shoulder. Aside from that, all the pictured sculptures have in common is that they go way beyond what you might see on your local Sunday brunch buffet!

Some of the sculptors involved were (I'll complete this list as best I can):

Vladimir Zhikhartsev & Vitaly Lednev: "Dancing with Cat"
Junichi Nakamura: Soldier tribute & Zebra
Doug Henley & Aaron Costic: "Ascension"
Junichi Nakamura & Keven Laughlin: "Earring"
Ma Yue & Shang Daquan: "Chinese Native Girls"
Carl Schlichting & John McKinnon: "Tree of Light"
unknown ice and snow artists at Ice World
Dawson List: "Moses" and "Gabriel" in Lübeck
Vitaly Lednev, Karen Pless, Chuck Carpenter, & Kathleen Carlo:
"Michelangelo Hi-tech: The Creation of Ice Man"
Earl Covington, Aaric Kendall, Mark Crouthamel, & Eric Anderson: "Crystal Fairy"
Lumir Lang, Ben Firth, Craig Araqistain, & Stanislav Jenco: "Trip Around the Sun"
Steve Brice, Heather Brice, Tajana Raukar, & Martin King: "A Rabbit's View"
Mark Davis, Alan Cook, Edwin Winslow, & Regan Dillon:
21st Century Free Range Mammoth"
Yan Liansheng, Zhang Daquan, Ma Yue, & An Quifeng: "Dragon Boat"

The World Ice Art Championships are organized by Ice Alaska at www.icealaska.com

The video is set to a selection of royalty free music called "Air on a G String"

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get outside the block

2004 World Ice Art Championships video

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