Photographs from two international ice sculpture competitions held in Korkeasaari at 17.-18. and 24.-25. January 2004. Theme of competitions were
animals and nature.
Miniatyre competition where iceblock size were 100cm*55cm*25cm (about 39*22*10 inches). Ice was made from normal household water in Helsinki. Teams
had total 10 hours of time during two days.
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Juoksujalkainen (Centipede)
Antti Pedrozo (Finland)
Antti Kares (Finland)
Best by jury
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Two partridges You will not catch
Rudolf Pylaev (Russia)
Sergei Aseev (Russia)
Best by audience and this was beautiful indeed
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Sea dance
Zigmunds Vilnis (Latvia)
Conny de Lange den Brave (Netherlands)
My own favourite
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Legends of Life
Ruslan Korovkov (Bulgaria)
Iryna Tylylym (Ukraine)
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Kalastava kotka (Fishing eagle)
Timo Koivisto (Finland)
Anne Hakkarainen (Finland)
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Icebird
Zsolt M. Tóth (Hungary)
A´Kos Tóth (Hungary)
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The old lappish symbol of the Sun
Alli Forsstedt (Sweden)
Harry Nilsson (Sweden)
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Kirahvi (Giraffe)
Michael Kaloki (Kenya)
Peter Walala (Kenya)
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Peacock
Kimmo Frosti (Finland)
Juha Ahonen (Finland)
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Main competition where iceblock size were 170cm*80cm*60cm (about 67*31*24 inches). Ice was natural ice brought from Lapland. Some of the photographs
are taken during actual competition day just after sculptures were finished. Some are taken after about week later. During competition day sculptures
had only white lights around them, colored lights were added later to all sculptures. Teams had total 12 hours of time during two days.
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Snow leopard about to leap
Rudolf Pylaev (Russia)
Sergei Aseev (Russia)
Best by audience and also my own favourite
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Terminator zoo
Pentti Ahopelto (Finland)
Anssi Kuosa (Finland)
Cat which is half realistic and half machine, I liked :-)
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Hanging around
Steve Lester (Usa)
Liudmila Lester (Russia)
Best by jury and therefore winner of main competition
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Horse power
Zsolt M. Tóth (Hungary)
A´Kos Tóth (Hungary)
Horse jumping out from engine :-)
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Sitting beauty
Tiiu Kirsipuu (Estonia)
Aime Kuulbusch (Estonia)
This one really started to glow after these colorful lights were set
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Duel
Kimmo Frosti (Finland)
Juha Ahonen (Finland)
I bet all those legs really weren't easy to made...
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Sea dance II
Zigmunds Vilnis (Latvia)
Andris Garokalns (Latvia)
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Cleopatras choice
Sverre Hoel (Norway)
Ingeborg Houge-Thiis (Norway)
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Elämää suomalaismetsissä (Live in Finnish forests)
Paavo Koberg (Sweden)
Tuomo Ylitalo (Finland)
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Metamorphosis
Marika Törmikoski (Finland)
Kai Törmikoski (Finland)
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Evolution
Veijo Kangasmäki (Finland)
Marja Kangasmäki (Finland)
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