Friday, February 21, 2020

Fragile

I have more of the international ice sculptures on Sparks Street during Winterlude. Of the ones done during the first weekend of the festival, this one held up the best.


This one, however, lost arms along the way.


This one held up better.


Here we have a view from the other side of the sculpture in my third shot. I'll pick up with this tomorrow.

34 comments:

  1. ...these look like fragile glass, they are amazing!

    ReplyDelete
  2. This form appeals to a unique sort of artist, knowing how frail and transient the work is.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Wonderful, they are great artists !

    ReplyDelete
  4. Hello, beautiful! They do look fragile! Enjoy your day, wishing you a happy weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Those are really artistic artworks. The ballerina looks beautiful!

    ReplyDelete
  6. @Tom: they are.

    @Kay: true.

    @Lady Fi: indeed.

    @Nancy: thank you.

    @Ella: very much so.

    @Karl: they are.

    @Eileen: thanks.

    @Marianne: thank you.

    @David: definitely.

    ReplyDelete
  7. The ballerina is exquisite William, surprised that being so delicate she is losing up so well ✨

    ReplyDelete
  8. Very beautiful, and those fragile arms would of course be the first to go.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Despite their fragility, they all still look surprisingly beautiful and sleek.

    ReplyDelete
  10. I do like seeing their fragility as they inevitably melt and break. They show much better (to my mind from your photos) against the dark buildings than in those tents with all the light sparkling off them. The ballerina on the globe is stunning in her frail state. I dare say the artists will prefer the tents again, so their works will last a bit longer...

    ReplyDelete
  11. It is surprising that the ballerina held up so well!

    ReplyDelete
  12. That ballerina is quite spectacular!

    ReplyDelete
  13. they are awesome sculptures and sweet photos ^_^

    Happy Moments to You,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

    ReplyDelete
  14. The ballerina is very sweet although I suspect the icicles under her arms were additions of nature, not the artist!

    ReplyDelete
  15. Your photos are excellent and enable me to share in the joy of seeing these fragile sculptures.

    ReplyDelete
  16. Fragile or not, these are just beautiful !
    parsnip

    ReplyDelete
  17. such flow! and that penultimate 'flask' is intriguing!

    ReplyDelete
  18. @Grace: I liked that ballerina.

    @Gattina: in the past before they were using shelters, horizontal surface sort of sculptures could be quite vulnerable to collapses. I remember seeing a biplane sculpture lose its wings one day.

    @Jan: they do!

    @Gattina: it is.

    @Barbara: personally I'd prefer the tents.

    @RedPat: it is indeed.

    @Sharon: yes she is.

    @Carol: thank you.

    @Jeanie: at least some of them.

    @Fun60: thank you!

    @Parsnip: they are.

    @Marie: I agree.

    @Cloudia: thanks!

    ReplyDelete
  19. Those are lovely, even with the ice cycles coming off the woman's arm. Tweeted.

    ReplyDelete
  20. Fragile and beautiful, the ballerina is wonderful.

    All the best Jan

    ReplyDelete
  21. This is fun' One expects the loss of limbs, for instance, but the stalactites and stalagmites were not expected.

    ReplyDelete
  22. Amazing! I look at your photographs and fear the ice will break they are so real.

    ReplyDelete
  23. I can't believe how totally graceful they are. Must be exciting to see them in person!

    ReplyDelete
  24. @Revrunner: it is.

    @Mari: thank you.

    @Jan: thanks!

    @Jennifer: indeed.

    @Joanne: they were photogenic.

    @Maywyn: thanks!

    @Susie: it is.

    ReplyDelete
  25. Incredible, how talented the people are who create these.

    ReplyDelete