I stepped as far back as I could to get this shot, and even so I couldn't quite get all of the sculpture in. The tree is flanked by these two walls. The blocks of ice are put through a process in an ice facility before being brought in; I've heard of how it's done once, but it's been awhile. The result is perfectly clear ice. It just can't be done naturally. An American team put this work together.
Beautiful, William, and I love your header!!!
ReplyDeleteThese ice sculptures are exquisite William, so much work... and then they melt :(
ReplyDeleteThe new presentation of the daily blog is wonderful, glad to see it
ReplyDeleteTomás.
Gosh that is fine! One can hear Franklin's glass armonica:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LP8QFR9Qvc
ALOHA from Honolulu
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Wow, wonderful work !
ReplyDeleteThat tree shape in ice is exquisite. And the icy walls lead so grandly to it. What a view.
ReplyDeleteBelíssima escultura William. Um trabalho primoroso e muito requintado
ReplyDeleteUm bom domingo
Um abraço
Sonhos e Poesia
It looks like glass. The details are amazing!
ReplyDeletePretty amazing!
ReplyDeleteIt looks very delicate to make this.
ReplyDeleteWow, what a beautiful work! The tree is so gorgeous and I wonder how they make it! Just amazing!
ReplyDeleteOh so beautiful! I want to hang some red apples from that tree. Think they would let me?
ReplyDeleteJanis
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Beautiful, incredible and impressive!
ReplyDeleteI'm loving these ice sculptures, so much work must go into them!
ReplyDeletewow! marvelous!
ReplyDeleteneat-o!! ( :
ReplyDeleteOh, that is beeeeautiful!
ReplyDeleteJane x
OOOOOO! Love this new banner.
ReplyDeleteThat's quite lovely. I would love to see the process.
ReplyDeleteI like this one a lot!
ReplyDelete@Linda: I figured it was time to change the header, particularly since I wanted to have two winter header images.
ReplyDelete@Grace: they are quite short lived. I have to remember to leave one aside for a theme day later in the year.
@Tomas: thanks!
@Cloudia: I wouldn't have thought of that!
@Karl: they did beautiful work with this one.
@Gemma: it had to have taken careful planning.
@Gracita: thank you!
@EG: the skill that goes into making these is astonishing.
@Luis: thanks!
@Marianne: very delicate indeed.
ReplyDelete@Tamago: with great care and a lot of different tools.
@Janis: I don't think they would!
@Denise: I certainly thought so.
@Aimee: not just the carving, but the planning and the practice work beforehand.
@Tex: thanks!
@Beth: very much so.
@Jane and Chris: thank you.
@Birdman: it looks good in the larger scale.
@Hilary: I didn't have a chance this year to photograph any carvers at work, but I did so last year. I'll add in a link for tomorrow's blog for that first one.
@Sharon: so did I.
It's fantastic! Like walking through the wardrobe into an icy wonderland!
ReplyDeleteI really like this series!
ReplyDeleteThis tree is just magical !
ReplyDeleteWow that's a beautiful sculpture.
ReplyDeleteI like your new header!
my favourite so far.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sculpture!
ReplyDeleteVery unique!
ReplyDelete@Ciel: Winterlude is such a great way to get through the winter.
ReplyDelete@VP: a pleasure to show it!
@Anna: it would have taken great care to put it together.
@Marleen: thank you!
@Gill: and more to come.
@Cheryl: thanks!
@RedPat: I've not seen anything like it before- even the birds etched into the walls seem entirely different.
i read the other day that to make clear ice cubes one must heat the water first, then it freezes clear. Cold water always turns cloudy. beautiful sculpture.
ReplyDeleteFascinating stuff, this looks amazing. J the R pic on for you to see tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI would have thought it was glass. So beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment on Ocala. I've only got one thing to say: "Gotcha!"
Oh...I'm also grinning!
ReplyDeleteOh, and I love your new wintry header!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. It looks so fragile.
ReplyDelete@Tammie: that makes sense. I seem to also recall something about preventing bubbles from forming in the ice.
ReplyDelete@Geoff: I shall look for it!
@Lowell: I thought that bear looked photoshopped!
@Mari: it definitely is fragile, hence the whole keeping people away from it, but the work done is so beautifully rendered.
Looks slippery.
ReplyDeleteYour new header is wonderful! And this sculpture is exquisite. It's hard to believe it's ice and not glass.
ReplyDeleteOMG!! Too beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMB
Wow! Good for Team USA... Makes me proud.
ReplyDeleteExtra kaunis !!
ReplyDeleteI knew you'd same some pretty spectacular ones! You have a good eye.
ReplyDeleteI like this one the best, so far. So pretty.
ReplyDelete@Randy: it would be.
ReplyDelete@Kay: and yet it is.
@MB: that it is.
@Linda: it was well done.
@Orvokki: thank you.
@Jennifer: thanks!
@Whisk: it is!