Photo Friday: Icy artistry at Michigan's 2011 Plymouth Ice Festival

I live in Michigan, so I always say that winter is time to go ahead and embrace the fun and beauty of the season's snow and ice.

How to do that? Well, it isn't by spending the entire season burrowing under multiple blankets by a roaring fireplace!

I'd suggest bundling up in your warm winter coats, hats, gloves, and boots and checking out the icy artistry on display at an ice carving show like this weekend's Plymouth Ice Festival.

I particularly enjoy going late at night, when the colored lights play off of the sculptures and thinner crowds make taking photos much easier than during the activity-packed days.

Check out yesterday's post for more info about this year's event and nighttime photos from last year's festival.

Want to learn more about the history of Plymouth, Michigan, and its quaint, historic downtown? Check out Plymouth (Then and Now: Michigan) by the Plymouth Historical Society.

Thanks to Debbie Dubrow of Delicious Baby for creating and coordinating Photo Friday to link travel photos and blog posts across the Web.

© Dominique King 2011 All rights reserved

Comments

[Sonja]

Wow, what an art!

[Dominique King]

Sonja-

It never ceases to amaze me what the carvers can create with just a block of ice and some power tools :lol:
We were out there this past weekend watching one of the carvers put the delicate finishing touches on a carving that was probably made out of several 100-plus-pound blocks of ice!