by Lee Ellen King | Mar 1, 2025 | Around the Park, WIAC
The heart of the operations for carving ice and why everything works efficiently is because of Sculptor Support. For 25 years, one name is synonymous with Sculptor Support and that is Joan Foote. Everything that comes under helping the ice competition and the...
by Lee Ellen King | Feb 28, 2025 | Collegiate / Culinary, WIAC
A forest, in literature, often represents hope, renewal and optimism. During the Romantic era, forests were frequently portrayed as places of solace and introspection. The magic woods today, with the beginning of Single Block this morning, sort of felt that way. After...
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 | Mar 3, 2024 | WIAC
Daniel Bergin Edwin Hutchison Riley Knaus Rachael MirthConcentration means: The ability to think carefully about something you are doing and nothing else.It is the ability to focus the mind on one subject, object, or thought, and at the same time...
by Lee Ellen King | Mar 1, 2024 | WIAC
You can easily find out all the Double Block winners by logging on to FaceBook. I didn’t want to be redundant, so I was trying to come up with an idea for my next post. I decided it would be fun just to talk about some of the Double Block sculptures that...
