Spurred on by all your wonderful Snowpossimals this week I have been bitten by the Snowimpossimal bug big time, so today when I had seen it had snowed heavily I rushed outside to check the consistency. Yes, I know that's quite sad but really I wanted one last go at something really complex. Fortunately the snow was exactly what is required for snow sculpture, slightly firm and wet, not powdery at all. So out came the trowel, dibber and fingers and away I went.
I piled everything together and packed it all down by hand, then I etched in the outlines of the Impossimals so I could gauge the dimensions, just like painting really.
Once that was in place I started to hack away I to the snow, removing all the bits that didn't look Impossimal using a printout of the piece I was recreating. I had made all this before in plasticine for the painting so I pretty much knew what to expect.
Gradually it came to life, although the chair arm did collapse once but a bit more snow took care of that.
Nearly there, just add the donut, mug and mutt to complete.
Home Comforts, snow style, three foot high and around seven foot long, total time to make, one hour :)
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