Ice sculpting: Trilobite!

Ice sculpting at the BU Winterfest 2010!

After brainstorming, Julia and I ended up settling on a Trilobite. The theme this year was "Olympics", which was optional to follow. But Julia and I decided to show some school spirit, and we added the theme into the sculpture.

As you can see, the trilobite won everything in the Olympics. But we live in a cynical age, when an honest trilobite can't win every single 1st place in the Olympics without casting a shadow of doubt.

Erik (I think?) from Bookline Fire and Ice uses a chainsaw to cut the basic form for us.




Julia and I sculpt the rest with wood chisels.

I forgot to take photos, but it probably looks a lot like last year:


(Image from Winterfest article, here. )


Oddly enough, more people seemed to get this year's carving then last year's Viking Kitten. Or at least, they laughed more.

Ice sculpting!

Ice sculpting at Boston University's Winterfest!


Conversation on the way there.....

Me: "What should we carve?"

Julia: "Well... I did have one idea... My boss left work early today to go get a tattoo. A tattoo of viking kittens."

Me: "Viking kittens."

Julia: "Viking kittens."


Much brainstorming and sketching later,


* We had a third group member, briefly, before she went to a cooking seminar. The bird on the shoulder is her influence.

After lunch, the ice carving begins.



Two professional ice sculpters from Brookline Fire and Ice chainsaw in the basic shape, to speed things up. (The paper got torn up almost immediately)




Julia and I hack at the ice with wood chisels.




(The three just means we are the 3rd statue from the right.)

Heeeeeey!

And around 3 or 4 in the afternoon, the event starts to wrap up.


Incidentally, we're mentioned in the Daily Free Press (link). Or at least, the words, "Viking Kitten" is mentioned. Actually, here's a photo from last year's ice sculpture event, when me, Emeri and Pam carved a sea dragon creature.