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Wood and Ice Sculptors in Enumclaw, Washington

Welcome to our blog!

Greetings from Ice Alaska 2009 in Fairbanks.

This year Joaquin and Donna will carve together in the single block competition. We have prepared and practiced since Christmas. We don't want to ruin the surprise with details so subscribe to our blog and watch and see our sculpture evolve.

Starting March 1st, Raul Quezada and Jake Lucas will join us for the multi-block competition. We'll be sculpting a piece entitled 'Alaskan Tradition.' This will be Raul and Jake's first time in Alaska and first time carving big ice.

You can see some of our portfolio pictures in the slideshow on the left of the page; double click on the show to see larger images.

We hope you enjoy the blog and would love to read your comments!

Donna and Joaquin Quezada
creativewoodsculptures@gmail.com

Dragon Riders

Dragon Riders
Carved by Brian Mitchell, Vance Huber (team captain), Joaquin Quezada and Brian Huber at Ice Alaska 2008

Monday, March 2, 2009

Multi-block Day Two

Today was another great day! It's cold, but not too cold. Had to use the "Hoties" in my gloves and boots because my finger tips and toes got so cold they hurt. Those things work better than a hot potato. The wall is starting to look like a wall and the totum spires are getting put up. You will see a picture of a block in the slide show, notice the cracks. Those cracks weren't there when we chose the block. I don't know the dynamics of why the ice is so brittle, but I know that it is! I finished my first of 5 dog sculptures and started the second. JQ blocked this one for me to save time. We are a good team, working together well with just enough humor to keep it fun and to destress. RQ slipped on an extension cord today and had a small package of oranage juice in his pocket. The only thing that got hurt was the OJ package. The OJ ran down the outside of his snow suit onto the snow and it looked like you know what when you were rather dehydrated. We had such a good laugh. The Remarkable Kindness of a Volunteer Award for today goes to a gentleman that gave us pink hockey tape to put on the ends of the grinders. He and I had talked about my painting my tools pink so the guys wouldn't steel them. When JQ asked him for some tape, he smiled and gave him pink, just for me.




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