These are absolutely amazing. They are from Harbin.....a town in Northern China. They do this every year and each year they get better. They are HUGE....some being in 'real scale' and some even have lights in them.
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(This one's for you Lise)
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Yeah, those ice sculptures are just amazing. I got that in my email a few weeks ago too.....I was in AWE.
The sand sculptures at Harrisson Hot Springs are absolutely amazing too.
Here is a link to more ice scultures in Harbin. These are photos taken at night with all the lights in them.....AMAZING.
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Wow! Thanks PC for that link. I remember seeing either Hong Kong or China on tv about how their city looks like in December. OMG. One day...One day...I'll be over there to check things out.
Fantastic images, PC!!! Lovely. Too bad it doesn't get cold enough in Vancouver to do those. I've seen sculptures like these in Sydney where a team of Chinese sculptures from China came over. They worked in an enclosed area where air condition was pumped into the inflatable tent so everything was kept really, really cold.
I really marvel at ppl who can create art.
Wow, truly awesome! The carriage is amazing.
It IS TehBorken....the fine work makes it look more like jewellry, than what was once a block of ice.
That is astonishingly beautiful! What incredible workmanship! Thanks so much for posting the link, P.C.
Beautiful! Now if China could only make a decent alarm clock I'll be happy. :)
You really don't sound like the Queer Eye we've known over at DV. But, hi anyways.
This guys work is amazing. The expressions are exquisite and the detail is impeccable. They really do look as if they could breathe.
[img height=694 src="vny!://www.jamescohan.com/files/f7b80466.jpg" width=460]
[img height=562 src="vny!://www.creativepooldesign.de/mood_art/artimages/artsaatchiimages/mueck3.jpg" width=400]
[img height=573 src="vny!://www.creativepooldesign.de/mood_art/artimages/artsaatchiimages/mueck4.jpg" width=400]
This one puts them all into perspective.....
[img height=481 alt=mueck_boy_jan_06.jpg src="vny!://mocoloco.com/art/archives/mueck_boy_jan_06.jpg" width=334]
[img height=466 src="vny!://www.crazyrussian.com/03/img/art_mueck/Pregnant_woman_scuplture_small.jpg" width=700 border=0 xthumbnail-orig-image="vny!://www.crazyrussian.com/03/img/art_mueck/Pregnant_woman_scuplture.jpg"]
Unbelievable!! Wow. Do they ever look realistic.
I agree Lise, they look incredible PC. But why did you cut that last picture off? :)
I didn't cut the last picture off. It IS however only a small section of the whole sculpture.....which was broken down into several smaller pictures of some of the different areas of detail. I picked that particular one to post, because it was her beautiful expression that I was captured by.
Like this one Russ.....a close up of the crouching boys face.......love it. He has such an impish look.
[img style="WIDTH: 520px; HEIGHT: 676px" height=934 src="vny!://www.crazyrussian.com/03/img/art_mueck/95415645_0aaeffb4b2_b_small.jpg" width=700 border=0 xthumbnail-orig-image="vny!://www.crazyrussian.com/03/img/art_mueck/95415645_0aaeffb4b2_b.jpg"]
its zzzeee craazy russian! lol
Absolutely incredible how lifelike they are with the facial expressions.
I thought at first they were real people until I saw the comparison picture.