My
Sculptures 1987-2000There's
no business like
snow business
I became an
official snow sculptor in the Winter of 1988. My daughter, Keely, asked me to sculpt a
snow dinosaur. The year before I had made a snow bunny for Easter in the backyard. As I
contemplated her request I tried to imagine a twenty foot snow tyrannosaurus Rex looming
over the heavy traffic that passes our house. My T Rex was little more than an iguana. I
was pretty embarrassed so I tried to improve my work by carving a stegosaurus beneath the
iguana's jaws. You can see it didn't intimidate my daughter.
What follows
are pictures of most of my creations over the past thirteen years. A few of these pictures
are thumbnails. Click them and you can see a larger version.
Spring 1987
Bugs showed up in the backyard of our old house on a warm spring
day. Keely remembered it when she put in a request for a dinosaur
the
next year at our new house.
1987-1988
Iguana don - After Keely's request started my snow sculpting career
(Stegasaurus added later to hide T Rex wannabe's prostrate position)
Bunny with eggs
1988-1989
22nd wreck (Plea for a stop light after 21 accidents in our first year
at 2101 E 4th St.)
Santa
on a Triceratops. Santa was an afterthought when Christmas arrived
Mommy and Baby Triceratops.
We got a lot of snow this year.
A
Tyrannosaurus Rex (not an iguana) Stared at the two
vegetarians on the other side of the steps.
1989-1890
Who is
Phil?
Phil on the loose atop Old Central High School
1990-1991
Phil Redux
Phil
and I send a letter to the editor
.
In honor of Desert Storm
1991-1992
Dragon
Bill's sax check this for my thoughts on Bill
Chilly Pup
Thumbnail - DeWitt Seitz Red Flannel Days
Skiing Stegosaurus at Cable, WI for Birky
1993-1994
Coca-Cola Santa
Sea Dragon
Birky Bear Cable, Wisconsin
Butterfly
1994-1995
Sphinx
Gingerbread House For Fitger's Winter Festival
Bunny
St.Bernard with Cask
for Birkebeiner, Cable, Wisconsin
1995-1996
UMD Bulldog "Champ"
1996-1997
Looking for his place
in history, NOT! or Man from Hope
First Cheesehead click here for an explanation
Bill at Mt. Rushmore - click pic to enlarge
1997-1998
White Whale thmbnl. White Whale #2
20 Minute Dinosaur (went up fast)
1998-1999
The Scream (at an unexpected snow fall)
Bear's dancing
Bearspanking (for whoever pushed over the polar bears)
Loon riding Laskainen Sled Run at Palo, MN
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Peace Bell at Memorial Park Winter Festival
Education Governor (Jesse with Mortar Board)
1999-2000
Charles Schultz Memorial
Goblin.jpg (Meant to be a MN Viking until
face fell off)
DinoEgg.jpg for Two Harbors snow sculpting
Sea Serpent
My
Snow Sculptures 2000-01
My
Snow Sculptures 2001-02
My Snow Sculptures 2002-03
My Snow Sculptures 2003-04
The
Ten Thumbs guide to Snow Sculpting
