1. Frame work / Snow stuffing
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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
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Once the packed snow is
hardened, the frame panels are removed and then the carving is
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3. Carving
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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
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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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