Unrapping the "Single Block"
Burr Rasmussen (USA) unrapping his team's "Single Block" at the start of the London Ice Sculpting Festival
Hungarian ice sculptors Zsolt M. Toth & Akos Tosh preparing their “Single Block”
Steve Armance & Mario Amegee (Africa) splitting their "Single Block" with a chain saw
Polish ice sculptors, Robert Burkat & Michal Mizula, obscured by ice shavings
Beautiful sunshine created challenging conditions for the ice sculptors
Hungarian ice sculptors Toth is working on his team's anchor sculpture
Anne Marie Taberdo (UK) is using an iron to flatten and melt the ice in order to fuse two blocks together
Chain saw and Skyscrapers
Peter Sorwing & Patrick Sorwing (Sweden) working away on their ice scultpure in the shadow of the Canary Wahrf skyscrapers
Reverend Butter (US) is carving his team's fish whilst Burr Rasmussen watches
"River Life" sculpture glistening in the sun by Steve Armance & Mario Amegee (Africa)
Sculptor spraying the ice to fuse two pieces together
Judges talking to Brund Fleurit & Max Rutgers (Spain) about their "Otter" which won the "Single Block" competition
Spectators admiring the French crocodile by Charles Filsjean & Julien Baron
Frank de Conynck creating his stag in the “Freestyle” competition
Kilian van der Velden creating a beautiful baby as her entry to the “Freestyle” competition
African sculptor working away with a power tool creating a spray of ice
Chain saw forming a tiger
Burr Rasmussen (USA) using a chain saw to create his winning tiger
Completed individual scultpure of a baby by Kilian van der Velden (Belgium)
"Freestyle" winner ... Tiger
The other sculptors voted the Tiger by Burr Rasmussen (USA) as the winner of the "Freestyle" competition
Protecting the "Big Block"
Peter Sorwing & Patrick Sorwing (Sweden) start on their "Big Block" whilst trying to protect it from the sun
Frank de Conynck & Kilian van der Velden (Belgium) working out were to start attaching their "Big Block"
Frank de Conynck (Belgium) starts marking out the design whilst Kilian van der Velden is working in the background
Burr Rasmussen (USA) starts on their "Big Block" which is protected from the sun by a blue tarpaulin
Making the first cuts with a chain saw into the "Big Block"
Members of the public were given their chance to try some ice sculpting on small blocks
Kilian van der Velden (Belgium) working on their sculpture of which the young girl is taking shape
Members of the public were invited to carve of the ice grafti wall
Crowds watching Polish Sculptors
Large crowds watched the Polish scupltors, Robert Burkat & Michal Mizula, creating their "Fabulous Fashion" masterpiece
Africa sculptor working on their winning elegant lady ice sculpture
A tricky moment as Reverend Butter & Burr Rasmussen (USA) place the head of their very tall 'She Devil' sculpture
Large crowds around "She Devil"
Large crowds watching Reverend Butter & Burr Rasmussen (USA) both working on their "She Devil" sculpture
Reverend Butter & Burr Rasmussen (USA) both working on their "She Devil" sculpture with chain saws
Young girl blowing bubbles
Completed sculpture of a "Young girl blowing bubbles" by Frank de Conynck & Kilian van der Velden (Belgium)
Amazing and complex sculpture by Robert Burkat & Michal Mizula (Poland)
Very Tall "Devil wears Prada"
Amazingly tall (over 2.5m) sculpture of the "Devil wears Prada" built from a 2m block of ice
The top of the "She Devil" based on the Devil wears Prada by Reverend Butter & Burr Rasmussen (USA)
Young girl blowing bubbles" by Frank de Conynck & Kilian van der Velden (Belgium)
Winners with the trophy & medals
Steve Armance & Mario Amegee (Africa) are proud winners of the “Big Block” competition - theme “Fabulous Fashion”
Winners with their sculpture
Steve Armance & Mario Amegee (Africa) are proud winners of the “Big Block” competition - theme “Fabulous Fashion”
Elegant lady and her dog won the “Big Block” competition - theme “Fabulous Fashion” - by Steve Armance & Mario Amegee (Africa)