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Art in the freezer

Ice festivals are popular during the winter months, affording artists the opportunity to work in a different medium.

Taking it easy
31 January: Jeff Lutz puts his feet up after finishing an ice chair at Rice Park in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
By Richard Angwin
Published On 5 Feb 2013

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The big one
5 January: The world(***)s largest ice sculpture at the 29th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in China(***)s northern Heilongjiang province.
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Ice slide
11 January: More from the Harbin International Ice and Snow World festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang province.
Inspiring the comrades
29 January: An ice sculpture on display near St.Basil(***)s cathedral just outside the Kremlin in Moscow.
Having a blast
26 January:  Max Zuleta puts the finishing touches to his sunburst and seahorse sculpture at Experience Ice  in Smothers Park in Owensboro, Kentucky, US.
On the ice
19 January: An ice sculpture of Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins at the season opening game against the New York Rangers.
Frozen fish
17 January: An ice sculpture at the 1st International Festival of Snow and Ice Sculptures called "The Magical Ice of Siberia" on an embankment of the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
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A misty musician
16 January: One of eleven ice sculptures at the 15th International Sculpture Symposium (***)Snow Kingdom 2013(***) in Pustevny, Czech Republic.
Winged beast
14 January:  A crescent moon is seen behind an ice sculpture at the "Eight Lakes" Park-Resort outside Almaty,  Kazakhstan.
Bunny girl
14 January: A woman clears ice next to an ice sculpture during the Ice and Snow Sculptures Festival at the Eight Lakes Park-Resort.
Getting a nose job
January 8: The finishing touches are made to a snow sculpture at the Shenyang International Ice and Snow Festival, Liaoning province, China.
Finishing touches
11 January: A contestant works on an ice sculpture at The London Ice Sculpting Festival at Canary Wharf, London.
The real deal
27 December 2012: Nature(***)s attempt at art: a frozen crane sculpture in Tokyo.