On February 15, we visited the Bend WinterFest event in the Old Mill District. I was really looking forward to seeing the ice carvings. In past years, we always seemed to be there at the wrong time and missed these amazing works of art.
The artists this year included Lisa Donze + John Donze, Jacob Lucas, Russ Leno, and Wade Lapp. The ice carvings are beautiful by themselves, but if you add a little lighting, they become sort of magical.
This butterfly is shown with bold bright colors and softer pastel tones. I liked how this one looked in the bold blue color the best.
The next carving is a whimsical one. Two people with ice cube heads carry an enormous heart. The red color was very fitting for this one.
The next carving shows two penguins facing each other. I think I liked the purple color best on this one.
The last carving is shown in one color. This three rose sculpture looks great in this gorgeous green color.
WinterFest briefly moved away to another venue, and I was happy to see it once again at this site beside the Deschutes River. This event includes ice carvings, amazing hand-crafted fire pits, the Pump Bump Jam (a ski ramp with several jumps), a wine walk, food carts, beer, wine, and cider booths, bands playing on the stage, a flying dog show, and a kid’s area. It also includes booths from a wide variety of businesses and booths selling everything from jewelry and clothing to unique food items. This year there were more Marketplace booths than I’ve ever seen before.
I will be working on another post about the firepits that I’ll share in the future. I have featured the fire pits in the past on my blog, and it’s always been a popular topic.
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These are terrific Siobhan! Interesting that you included the multiple colors. I tended to prefer the soft blue versions as well. But all are wonderful.
Thanks, Tina! I was glad they used so many different colors.
Siobhan, these are bold sculptures and colors. I love the collection.
Thanks, Egidio! They were beautiful in person.
Wonderful sculptures. Did you add the colours?
Thanks, Brian! No, they shine colored lights on them in the ice carving tents.
That is great they use lights to show the marvellous works off
Yeah, they were really pretty with the colored lights. :)
What fun you must have had Siobhan. Great ice carving images, made even better with lights. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your images.
Thanks, Anne! I think it was the best WinterFest we've ever attended.
I remember visiting the Winterlude here in Ottawa with my kids and enjoying the sculptures. Such an amazing talent. Love the ice cube men holding the heart!
They are pretty amazing! The ice cube heads were unique. 🙂
We don't often find an ice carving venue, but they certainly are worth looking for. Beautiful images, Siobhan!
Thanks, John! They were beautiful.
Amazing works of art, so, so beautiful and you're right, the coloured lights bring some magic to them.
Yes, the lights brought out the best in them. 😁
Colorful, and different! 👏
Yes, John, they were very colorful!
So amazingly wonderful, each of them 🙂
Yes, they were, Hammad!
Bold, creative and lots of hard work to come up with these.
Yes, Teresa, they are very impressive!