ice festival

So. We went and checked out the local ice sculpture competition this past weekend. The weather was so warm, the poor sculpture-ists(?), who have come from all over the world to compete in this, had to drastically change some of their original sculpture plans because pieces would not stick together. With temperatures above zero for most of last week, some took to wrapping their works in progress with cardboard and placing dry ice above the enclosures just to maintain what they had done to that point. The time lines were extended into the over night periods just to give them a chance to salvage some design. I would say they managed pretty well.

Here is a shot of the ice maze from far away, to the left is the 'castle'

And here I am at the entrance to the ice maze.

This is what it looked like inside the maze

A cool close up of an ice block with lights inside.

Just one of the many amazing sculptures in the competition

A shot of artists working hard after dark trying to salvage design.


Me again, sitting at an ice table waiting for someone to join me.

I found it amazing that the glass I was holding as well as the dishes on the table were actually glass.