Participated in the Ely Winter Festival's Annual Snow Carving Symposium this weekend. This is my third year at the festival and second year working on a carving. Our team started with an 8x8x8ft square block of snow as a starting point and scavenged as many large blocks from other teams to extend our tentacles from the base. Great fun and looking forward to next year!
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| Sarah working on the tentacle swirl |
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| Taking shape |
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| Looking rough at the end of the first night |
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| Day two |
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| Just some details left at the end of night 2 |
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| Wrapping things up on day 3 |
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| Pretty good resemblance |
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| Face detail |
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| Team effort! |
More photos here.
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