The World's Most Beautiful Places
Unexpected Grace Ice Sculpture, 2011 World Ice Art Championships February 22-March 27, 2011, Fairbanks, Alaska. Single-Block Realism Category.
An ice sculpture of a walrus, a mammal very familiar to Alaska Natives and those who live in the northern Pacific, and the Arctic.
There’s No Place Like Om Ice Sculpture, 2010 World Ice Art Championships February 20-March 28, 2010, Fairbanks, Alaska. Multi-Block Realism Category
This ice sculpture depicts Ganesha a Hindu God that is depicted with the head an elephant. Ganesha is known as the remover of obstacles and the offspring of Shiva the God of Destruction. Also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar, he is one of the most recognized and worshiped gods in the Hindu religion. The ice sculpture also teases the folk tale that elephants are afraid of mice.
Aeolus Ice Sculpture, 2010 World Ice Art Championships February 20-March 28, 2010, Fairbanks, Alaska. Single-Block Realism Category.
In Greek Mythology, Aeolus was the keeper of the winds and king of the mythical island of Aeolia. He is mentioned in both Homer’s the Odyssey and the Aeneid. In fact he attempts to help Odysseus get back home, by giving him a bag of wind, but the sailors on his ship mistake the bag for treasure, and end up sending their ship back to Aeolia. Believing Odysseus and his crew have been cursed by the gods, Aeolia refuses to help him a second time.