Today I return to the Byward Market for a look at the completed ice sculptures for Winterlude, and I'm going to start with three of them today. Two carvers from Latvia did this first one, titled Destiny Spinner. It features a larger than life figure watching over the cycle of life of humanity. When I was doing the works in progress posts, this was the last one I featured, as the carvers had a number of the smaller figures set up on tables before being incorporated into the main work.
Children Of The Sun is the title of this work by a pair of Russian carvers.
The sculptures this year were housed in pairs in the shelters, with national flags nearby. Between the shelters, photographs of previous sculpture work were set up.
This one is the work of a pair of sculptors from France and Poland. Our Biggest Treasure is its title. Enigmatic. Perhaps it refers to the imagination popping out of our head, but it's a beauty.
...these are gorgeous, icy magic.
ReplyDeleteThe ice sculptures are all so beautiful! These are dedicated sculptors.
ReplyDeleteThese are so intricate and delicate, I'm very impressed with them.
ReplyDeleteI wonder which are more difficult to do? The ice sculptures or the snow ones?
ReplyDeleteLove how the sculptures are displayed as works in progress...The imagination at work is amazing...
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how the complexity of ice sculptures has eveolved over the years. I remember when a beaver was considered amazing!
ReplyDeleteI can’t imagine all that work to have it just melt!
ReplyDeleteHello, amazing ice sculptures. Enjoy your day and weekend!
ReplyDeleteWonderful. They look so fragile.
ReplyDeleteThey are so intricate and delicate. Thank you for sharing these beautiful art sculptures.
ReplyDeleteAll three are quite intricate.
ReplyDeleteSuperb artwork!
ReplyDeleteso detailed ... love that 1st piece. well done!! happy weekend! ( ;
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work, and I'm glad to see the shelters to keep off the sun/rain etc. How long will they be up? Hopefully a few months.
ReplyDeleteVery intricate detailed work here. I'm always amazed at what they can do.
ReplyDelete@Tom: magic indeed.
ReplyDelete@Nancy: they really are.
@Joan: so am I.
@Janey: the ice. Snow is more forgiving of errors.
@Gemma: definitely.
@David: it is quite an art.
@Marie: it is fleeting.
@Eileen: thank you.
@Jan: they do indeed.
@DJan: you're welcome.
@Anvilcloud: I agree.
@Italiafinlandia: indeed!
@Beth: thanks!
@Barbara: as Winterlude is over, these have been brought down.
@Red: me too.
These are all beautiful and very impressive.
ReplyDeleteAmazing artwork, very nice to see.
ReplyDeleteThose ice sculptures are fantastic! Tweeted.
ReplyDeleteThese artists are so skilled and imaginative!
ReplyDeleteGosto bastante destas esculturas em gelo, aproveito para desejar um bom fim-de-semana.
ReplyDeleteAndarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
Livros-Autografados
@Sharon: I certainly thought so.
ReplyDelete@Bill: that they are.
@Mari: thank you.
@RedPat: they are!
@Francisco: thanks!
I could do some of those snow and ice sculptures right now here in Arizona except that it's cold out there and I am temperamentally unsuited for going out in the cold.
ReplyDeleteBut cold is good!
DeleteThey really are amazingly beautiful. They look so fragile, but reckon they are not...
ReplyDeleteOh, they are fragile.
DeleteThese look like beautiful, giant pieces of sculpted glass.
ReplyDeleteThey do!
DeleteMarvelous sculptures!
ReplyDeleteI agree!
Delete'Our biggest treasure' is fantabulous William ✨
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteThese are simply marvellous, such amazing work, so intricate.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Thank you!
DeleteI am in awe.
ReplyDeleteMe too.
DeleteIt's nice that one of the sculptor comes from Poland :-)
ReplyDeleteI believe the same one came back this year.
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