The Fête de Glace, Saint Charles’s annual ice carving competition, was held on the 100-200 block of Main Street in Saint Charles, Missouri. I have never been to an ice carving festival before, and I thought it would be fun to photograph something new. The Carvers, (though I feel they are more than carvers, more like a blend of meticulous artists/carvers/sculptors/chainsaw specialists) created incredible works of art out of massive blocks of ice and an array of tools ranging from traditional pics and chisels to power tools, chainsaws, blow torches and even irons.

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