The winter is almost here and the most of us are happily expecting first snowflakes and the first. big, beautiful snowman. However, some people are too skilled to make a simple snowman and they decided to make a real pieces of art made of snow.

This art is called snow sculpture. It is comparable to sand or ice sculpture, it is practiced outdoors, and often in full view of spectators, thus giving it kinship to performance art in the eyes of some. The materials used for this tehnique are simple hand tools such as shovels, hatchets, and saws. Snow sculptures are usually carved out of a single block of snow about 6 to 15 feet on each side and weighing about 20 - 30 tons.

There are snow sculpture cnotests all around the world. Most famous ones are those in Quebec City, in Ottawa and in Perm, Russia.

There is also annual Winter Carnival at Michigan Technological University which has been a tradition since 1928. These sculptures are not carved from a single block, but rather many blocks made over a month.

Here are some most amazing snow sculptures we collected:

This entry was posted on Thursday, November 27th, 2008 at 3:06 pm.
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16 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. Todd

    There is also Snowfest in Frankenmuth Michigan
    http://www.zehnders.com/new-site/snowfest/

    Nov 28th, 2008

  2. James Brown

    4th one from the bottom was ok, saw it in person at Michigan Tech’s winter carnival. There was a Ghostbusters one that was way better,

    Nov 28th, 2008

  3. Free Xbox 360

    Those are amazin. It’s too bad that we don’t get snow down here that often in LA.

    Nov 29th, 2008

  4. Jack Frost

    is the last one bill clinton????

    Dec 1st, 2008

  5. Kat

    No way was the second one made out of snow! and how come its sunny, but it isnt even STARTING to melt?

    Dec 7th, 2008

  6. Rebecca

    Wow! These are fabulous. I just saw a guy create a couple of ice sculptures in Old Town Scottsdale on December 18. This is the first time I saw snow sculptures, very detailed. I’m going to pass this story onto friends and family.

    There are some very artistic people in the world!

    Dec 19th, 2008

  7. Andrea

    Just because it’s sunny doesn’t mean its warm. and yes it is made of snow.

    Jan 2nd, 2009

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