by Lee Ellen King | Feb 26, 2025 | WIAC
There have been a lot of international winners this year, 2025, at the World Ice Championships. The Double Block award ceremony was tonight at 8:00pm and the first place went to a duo of Canadians as well as brothers. It is entitled Final Meditation and its talented...
by Lee Ellen King | Feb 24, 2025 | Around the Park, WIAC
Ice Sculping 101: 1. Step 1: Make the Ice. First step is take a plastic container and fill it with water. …2. Step 2: Make & Trace a Template. Cut a template out of cardboard or wood into whatever shape you want to cut. … 3. Step 3: Chisel Out the...
by Lee Ellen King | Feb 23, 2025 | Around the Park
Ephemeral nature is the quality of something being short-lived, fleeting, or transitory. Ice sculpting is an example of something with ephemeral nature because it is fleeting in nature but shows off its natural beauty in the short time it is here.And just like that,...
by Lee Ellen King | Feb 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
“No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.”The Double Block Competition began this morning, February 22, with the blowing of the horn. “A dynamic duo making masterpieces using only two blocks of ice – a sensation to see.” The teams have until...
by Lee Ellen King | Feb 21, 2025 | Around the Park
Ice Alaska is a volunteer-driven organization that hosts the World Ice Art Championships. It and World Ice Art began in Fairbanks in the 1930’s to celebrate the end of winter. This “winter carnival” included music, dancing, parades, dog races and ice carving. Ice...
