Yes, you guessed it...that wooden box on the school's front yard contains snow for a snow sculpture. It measures 4'L X 4'W X 6'H, so it is much smaller than the average snow sculptures in Voyageur Park, which measure at least 8' X 8' X 8'.
We'll give the snow another week to settle and pack down. When we remove the aspenite sheets, we should have a strong rectangular prism of snow, ready for the students and I to carve. Stay tuned to see what it will become!
I am blessed to have a very artistic cousin, Ralph Tanchak, who is experienced in snow sculpting and who has in the past competed in the snow-sculpting competition at Festival du Voyageur. He is a professional artist who does amazing commissioned works of art, art workshops and has a website at www.colour-splash.ca . He kindly shared with me some tips and tricks of the trade:
How to build a box to house the snow
Fill your box with fresh snow and allow to settle 1-2 weeks. Any size of box will do.
Make a design on paper first, showing the overhead, front and side views of your design. Then using grid lines, transfer your design onto your block of snow. Scale: 1" square on paper = 1' square on your snow block.
Artist Ralph Tanchak at work. He recommends using anything that carves--spatulas, square garden spades, even hand saws.
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I hope to share more of Ralph's snow sculpture photos in another post. Stay tuned.
A bientôt!
Mme Christensen
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