World Ice Art Gems

The World Ice Art Championships 2007 in Alaska are drawing to a close and the winners have been announced. This gobsmacking praying mantis - Aiming Eyes sculpted by Junichi Nakamura of Japan and Peter Slavin of the USA - won first prize in the Single Block Classic Realistic category. The People's Republic of China won first prize in the Multi-Block Classic Realistic category. To see this gem and many other magnificent works of ice sculpture, click the title link.