Ice Wyrm

There was an ice carving festival over the weekend here in St. Joseph. A number of frozen sculptures where on display along the streets, but I really liked this one of a rearing dragon. It was about 40° yesterday when I took this, so our dragon is starting to melt. A large part of me doesn’t understand why one would go to all the trouble of carving something out of ice, when it will inevitably melt, however, I suppose that is part of the allure of the medium, plus water is relatively cheap, so if you screw up, it isn’t as bad as say, marble.