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How to make a giant Snow Statue


1. Frame work / Snow stuffing
First of all, you need an accurate blueprint to build a giant snow sculpture.Based on this desk plan, a wooden frame is built and filled with tightly packed snow.This frame also serves as scaffolding.
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2. Remove framing


Once the packed snow is hardened, the frame panels are removed and then the carving is carefully begun.
3. Carving
Hatchets and shovels are used to outline the sculpture, then the details are added. A small model of the sculpture is used as a blueprint.Because warmer daytime temperatures makes the sculptures fragile, many sculptors work at night.
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4. Final touch
When the sculpture is completed, the scaffoldings are removed.Accumulated snowfall, and icicles that have formed on the sculpture must be taken away.


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