A snow sculpture by Jason Quick and Jason Arney-O’Neil ‘Yogi’ The practitioner of yoga; mentally finding a path to enlightenment. Living by ethical duties: Non-violent, truthful, non-stealing, compassionate, non-hypocrisy, forgiveness, fortitude, a balanced-diet, purity, persistence, contentment, generosity. 1000 February 2nd, 2019, Loppet Trailhead, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 40-Degrees, a warm day to play in the snow. We kicked-off…
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‘Found in Space’ 2019 Vulcan Snow Park Snow Sculpture
A snow sculpture by Jason Quick and Jason Arney-O’Neil. Who are the dogs going to love after we’ve destroyed ourselves? Crash landing on a deserted island – Love and companionship jumps out of nowhere, slobber licks the brow, and the heart warms. The missing and forgotten have found each other. Life is restored, dogs+robots rule the…
Fantastic Voyage. Minnesota State Snow Sculpting Competition 2018 (Vulcan Snow Park)
Fantastic Voyage Truss joiner plates attached to handles were used to sand and smooth. A steak knife and hatchet were used to deepen crevasses. In total we spent more than 30 hours working over 3 days. 12+ hours Friday, 13+ hours Saturday, 5 hours Sunday. We didn’t place (18 teams), but we sure had…
Team JAO 2017 Loppet Snow Sculpture Competition entry
February 4th, 2017. Theodore Wirth Park – Minneapolis. A week after my successful sculpt at the St. Paul Winter Carnival Amateur Snow Sculpture Competition I was excited about the Loppet event. 3 hours shorter (5 hours) and a couple cubic feet larger (4’x4’x8′) and working alone – I knew this was going to be a…
My 1st (Amateur) Snow Sculpture Contest Experience
January 28th, 2017 0730 hrs A chilly, overcast morning inside the front doors of the MN State Fair Grounds. I pulled up with my truck full of tools and my newly adopted sidekick. The next 8 hours dedicated to carving my name into the snow. The contest began with a preformed rectangular block of hardened…