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2017
schedule Stomping Week: 1/20/2017 - 1/24/2017 Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships: 1/24/2017– 1/28/2017 Snow Sculpture Viewing Week (weather permitting): 1/28/2017– 2/5/2017 |
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The Championships
are held in and around the Riverwalk Center, located in the heart of Breckenridge on South Park Avenue between Washington Street and Adams Avenue. See the snowflakes in the night pictures below and in the "event" spotlights... |
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TEAM VERMONT
“Rhonda and her Recycling Robo-Octopus” 1st Place - Gold |
Our sculpture pays homage to American
ingenuity and the growing makermovement and maker-spaces. These
DIY spaces where people gather to create and learn and problem
solve together; the contributions of an increasing amount of tinkerers
& inventors dedicated to making the world a better place.
It celebrates children, their creativity, and what they can accomplish
when given opportunities to flourish. Depicted is 14 year-old
Rhonda; a math and science whiz, active member of her local maker-space
and a passion for recycling. Rhonda invented her Robo-Octopus
to help clean up the ocean floor. She rides inside the control-head,
directing its movement, and each of its eight tentacles. The Robo-Octopus
includes receptacles for various recyclables, some which fuel
her creation. Thanks to her ingenuity and the help of her community
at the maker-space, Rhonda’s got a leg up (or eight) in
solving problems and moving toward a bright future
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| TEAM SWITZERLAND “Converse” 2nd Place - Silver |
Two elements, in a semantic relationship, making the pair almost identical, yet they are Converse. This one just made it to judging before some of the delicate elements broke off. |
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TEAM LOVELAND “Bolting From Extinction” 3rd Place - Bronze |
There’s a thread of hope in the idea that
nature does not know extinction because it only knows transformation. |
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TEAM BRECKENRIDGE “People's Choice” |
Did you know that it was the discovery of gold
in 1859 on the banks of the Blue River in Breckenridge that started
our town? That discovery brought many people looking to strike
it rich. The pneumatic drill increased production by 10 fold over
the old hand method and allowed tunnels to be drilled and blasted
at increasing speeds. Unfortunately, the toll it took on the miners
health was horrible. The drill received its name the “Widow Maker” due to the large amount of dust causing silicosis, other lung diseases, and death. |
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Dia de Muertos "Artist's Choice"
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A Hispanic (Mexican Origin) holiday celebrated throughout the world from October 31—November 2. The holiday focuses on the gathering of families and friends to pray for and remember those who have died and help them in their spiritual journey. Our sculpture represents an altar to remember those who died as well as our own mortality. |
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| TEAM CANADA “Head-Bashed-In Buffalo Jump” |
The buffalo jump on the edge of the Rocky Mountains in Southern
Alberta was used for 5,500 years by the indigenous peoples of
the plains to kill buffalo by driving them off the 36 ft high
cliff. After a successful hunt, the wealth of food allowed the
people to enjoy leisure time and pursue artistic and spiritual
interests. In Blackfoot, the name for the site is Estipah-skikikini-kots.
According to legend, a young Blackfoot wanted to watch the buffalo
plunge off the cliff from below, but was buried underneath and
found dead under the pile of carcasses with his head smashed in. |
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TEAM ESTONIA
"Human Space”
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Human Space describes mental and physical space where humans be.
In the abstract sphere is empty place for the human. We can observe
it on four sides but in one side we see adult human figure and
on another side is a child. Human space is always filled with
questions; where we are and where we go. |
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TEAM FINLAND “Vespertilio” |
Megabat a.k.a fruit bat a.k.a flying fox. One of the biggest and definitely cutest bat species you’ll ever meet. They live in the rain forests and eat fruits and make cute bat babies. The species is also part of ’Organization for Bat Conservation’ project, which vision is to inspire a peaceful coexistence between bats and humans. I share this vision and passion for weird and cute creatures. |
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TEAM FRANCE “Oniric Metamorphosis”
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The Celtic standing stone open. A fairy creature let out of a
mystery. Doe legs, bird wings, fish bust, dragon head. The four
elements: earth, air, water and fire are coming out in a fleeting
sight. |
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"Frame”
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The design is attributed to the distinct principle of concrete art and geometry. The sculpture plays with statics, size, and center of gravity and the work subject is neither form nor figure. The sculpture shows something without similarities. The art of the sculpture lies in the geometric and graphical creation of order that creates form, surface and volume. It is a balancing act of the structure, which can only exist when its fragile material is in entire equilibrium. Unfortunately this one didn't make it to judging. |
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TEAM GERMANY, THEIL “Metanoia”
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The journey of changing one’s mind, heart, self, or way of life. Unfortunately this one didn't make it to judging. |
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| TEAM GREAT BRITAIN “Tale of Two Dragons / Chwedl y Ddwy Ddraig” |
The folklore, myths, and legends of the United
Kingdom fascinate me, and I was inspired by the idea for the sculpture
of ‘The Tale of Two Dragons’ after listening to a
folk song by a contemporary welsh folk group Calan. The Celtic
king Vortigern attempted to build a castle on a hill in Gwynedd,
North Wales. Every night the castle walls were demolished. Vortigern
consulted his advisors, who told him to find a boy with no natural
father and sacrifice him. Vortigern’s soldiers found the
boy, Merlin, who went on to be the wisest wizard to ever live.
Merlin told the king of 2 dragons, who had been captured under
the mountain. He advised him to free them from their prison. The
dragons fought ferociously; the red dragon defeated the white.
Merlin told Vortigern that the white dragon symbolized the Saxons
and the red dragon symbolized the Welsh. Our sculpture shows the
moment the red dragon overcomes the white. They are fighting on
top of a castle’s ramparts, a pivotal moment in the story,
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| TEAM MEXICO “Sundial" |
Thousands years ago, Mayan civilization built
greatest observatories to follow changes in the sky over time,
allowing them to identify dates more conducive to cultivation
of the soil. Through marks made on the buildings, they could identify
the angles and precise coordinates location of several celestial
bodies such as Venus and the different phases of the moon. Team
Mexico is intending to build a functional sculpture based on this
ancient knowledge. We present the Sundial Observatory Sculpture,
having in mind the possibility that attendees have an aesthetic
but also an interactive experience. During the day they will be
able to notice the difference between solar noon and calendar
noonday, the time of sunrise & sunset (solar and calendar),
and follow the North Star and go all over the Big Dipper through
the Sculpture. Based on statistics from the local geography, the
few clouds in the area will allow the viewers to view an abstract/beautiful
sculptural object in snow and allow them to interact and identify
its predictions. |
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TEAM MONGOLIA, BAYANMUNKH “The Happiness of Family" |
Motherhood is the most invaluable intervention for the personal
developments and skills of any animal/person in the world. The
sculpture reveals the moment in which a mother teaches her babies
how to swim. |
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TEAM MONGOLIA, BAYANMUNKH “Lion and Butterfly” |
Once upon a time, lion, the king of animals, was fully covered
with fur. He used to threaten and scare other animals with his
power and strength as usual. One sunny day, he comes at the nest
of butterflies when a butterfly asked him to do not break their
nest. But, the Lion broke the nest and bullied the butterflies.
Then the lion had slept on his way to home due to he was tired.
The butterflies came at the sleeping lion and ate his whole fur.
Finally, they were eating the fur on his head while the lion waked up as he felt cold and naked. Since the moment, the lion adapts living in tropics. |
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TEAM
UKRAINE
“Love Wins” |
Our sculpture depicts a fist, which is being stopped by an open
palm. The fist symbolizes the brute force, violence and war. On the other hand, the palm is a metaphor of peace and love. We believe in Power of Love, and we suppose that any war and especially current military conflict in Ukraine can be stopped by negotiations and compromises instead of weapons. We hope that peace will come back to Ukraine very soon and love will win. |
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