Snow-sculpting teams set for Lake Geneva's Winterfest

Snow Sculpting Team Lineup

Block #1 Cave People from Space (Illinois): “Good Oy,” inspired by author Stephen King’s book The Dark Tower, exploring the bond between humans and animals.

Block #2 Soggy Mitten Boys (Michigan): “Guardian of the High Banner,” a winged female warrior poised at the threshold between Earth and Sky, holding her flag high as an emblem of ideals.

Block #3 Snow Cronies (Wisconsin): “Big Stream Weaver,” a hungry bear cub has caught a fish, and his eyes are bigger than his stomach.

Block #4 Team Mexico (Colima, Mexico): “Nocturnal Ascent,” in memory of Dave, in the stillness of sleep, his spirit was lifted by the owl he admired, carried gently into the eternal quiet.

Block #5 Sculptora Borealis (Wisconsin): “Controller of Worlds,” a fun, yet scary, depiction of a young alien playing a video game.

Block #6 Doing Our Best (Minnesota): “It’s a Moth and Mushrooms.” We love creating beautiful things. Please enjoy this moth on a mushroom.

Block #7 Snowblind (Wisconsin): “Oni Mask.” Working with snow means working with time, each piece shaped by weather, light and landscape. Not meant to last, but to remind us that presence is powerful.

Block #8 Team Turkiye (Turkey): “Organic Cubes,” a surface form stretched over the shape formed by the arrangement of geometric pieces within itself, transforms it into a living organism.

Block #9 Jack of All Lanterns (Pennsylvania): “AI and the Artist,” embodies the tension between human creativity and artificial intelligence.

Block #10 Sno Van Gogh (Minnesota): “Flight and Pursuit.” In the wild balance is not a gradual act but an instant, the brief collision of instinct and grace.

Block #11 Team AK Department of Snow (Alaska): “Arctic Legacy.” The arctic caribou exist on a razor-thin line of survival in one of the harshest environments on the planet.

Block #12 Nor’Easter in Dubuque (Iowa): “Clementine Breaks Free.” Pushed and pulled by forces beyond our control, Clementine will not countenance such indignities … she’s a walrus, after all.

Block #13 2 Smiths & A Cow (Michigan): “Arctic Bonds.” Barnaby the barn cat and Finn the Fox chase each other in a silent, joyful dance.

Block #14 Up to Snow Good (Wisconsin): “K’inich Ahau and Ixchel (the Sun God and the Moon Goddess).” The significance of the Maya lies in their advanced achievements in writing, mathematics, astronomy and architecture.

Block #15 Enchanted Forest (Colorado): “Circuitous.” They say life is a circle, but it’s not that simple.