Yesterday I left off with one Ice Hog shot. Two of them appear in this shot with Winterlude visitors.
I returned my attention to ice carvers at work and the tools at hand. I'll be showing the finished works, in day and at night, before we're through.
...you folk in Ottawa are a hardy bunch!
ReplyDeleteThe ice sculptures are taking shape!
ReplyDeleteThis set of images is making me feel might cold.
ReplyDeleteThey can do very beautiful things from ice!
ReplyDeleteI told you ... this people really love the ice ....
Ice has never looked so beautiful. The Ice Hogs remind me of a friend, a marine biologist, who got a job working at SeaWorld one summer because it looked good on the CV. She failed to mention that she spent most of that time dressed in a Sammy The Seal costume meeting young visitors!
ReplyDeleteSão uns verdadeiros artistas, aproveito para desejar a continuação de uma boa semana.
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Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros
A cold process to make art!
ReplyDeleteHello, I like the cute costumes. I am amazed at the ice sculptures and talented people. Happy Valentine's Day! Happy Thursday, enjoy your day, have a great weekend ahead.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to check with my daughter to see if shenplans to take this in.
ReplyDeleteAgain, that delicate work! Amazing.
ReplyDeleteSuch delicate designs in ice. I look forward to seeing the finished products. That one block with the hands coming out of it looks... odd. :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat serie. Especially that fine work is fascinating.
ReplyDelete@Tom: at least most of us.
ReplyDelete@Nancy: and it's a great shape.
@Joan: that's the idea.
@Ella: I certainly love it.
@John: that doesn't surprise me.
@Francisco: thank you.
@Marianne: very cold!
@Eileen: thanks!
@David: she should.
@Marie: it is indeed.
@DJan: it's still a work in progress at the time I took these.
@Jan: I agree.
Gosh, that is cold work!
ReplyDeleteDivine shots ~ lovely!
ReplyDeleteHappy Day to you,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
That is bone chilling work!
ReplyDeleteI guess they are used to the cold!
ReplyDeleteIt's fascinating to see the process. How do your fingers manage the cold?!
ReplyDeleteThese guys have many tools for the trade and know how to use them.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see that some of the detail work is done separately and then added! Can't wait to see finished ones!
ReplyDeleteReally enjoying the details William ✨
ReplyDelete@Shammickite: very cold!
ReplyDelete@Carol: thank you!
@Sharon: quite so!
@Lois: they would be.
@Jeanie: for the most part they keep their gloves on.
@Red: that's true.
@Barbara: that's yet to come!
@Grace: and I'm enjoying showing it.
They do an amazing job. Nice to admire.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the photos you chose to capture. It is good to see artists at work.
ReplyDeleteI always look forward to your ice-sculptures. That first one is amazing! Do you wear hand warmers in that weather up there? I don't suppose the sculptors can ;)
ReplyDeleteIt must be such a brittle material to work with!
ReplyDeleteMost impressive
ReplyDeleteMust be great to see the artists create these pieces.
ReplyDeleteAn apt title for these photos. Tweeted.
ReplyDelete@Italiafinlandia: I agree.
ReplyDelete@Maywyn: that it is.
@Denise: they can probably put them into their mitts. A good set of those stays warm for hours on end. I've occasionally used them.
@RedPat: it is a medium unforgiving of mistakes.
@Cloudia: it certainly is.
@Bill: yes, that it is.
@Mari: I thought it fitting.
I believe I could spend hours watching them.
ReplyDeleteI would enjoy watching the artists work too. Fabulous.
ReplyDeleteJust amazing----my toes are froze
ReplyDeleteMB
They sure work themselves warm there! Looking forward to the finished artwork!
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering if there are any female ice artists. I'm also wondering why anyone, male or female, would put themselves through that agonizingly icy experience! ;^{>
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a lot of work and no doubt plenty of pressure to get ready in time.
ReplyDeleteThey are good artist!
ReplyDelete@Catarina: I enjoy seeing them at work.
ReplyDelete@Happyone: it's quite something to see.
@MB: amazing indeed!
@Iris: that they do.
@Catalyst: most artists I've seen are guys, but I believe one of the snow carvers this year was a woman, at least from the name.
@Kay: very much so!
@Aritha: that they are.
SO impressive what they can do with ice!
ReplyDeleteIt is.
DeleteIt really is a wonderful festival!
ReplyDeleteVery much so.
DeleteIt is fascinating seeing the ice sculptures taking shape, amazing work.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Yes it is.
DeleteGreat work.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely!
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