Snow Quilts
Artist Simon Beck must really love cold weather! Along the frozen lakes of Savoie, France, he spends days plodding through the snow in racquettes (snow sho es), creating these sensational patterns of snow art. Working for 5-9 hou rs a day, each final piece is typic ally the size of three soccer fields! The geometric forms range in mathematical patterns and shapes that create stunning , sometimes 3D, designs when viewed from high er levels. How long these magnific ent geometric forms survive is completely dependent o n the weather. Beck designs and redesigns the patterns as new snow falls, sometimes unable to finish a piece due to significant overnight accumulations. "The main reason for making them was because I can no longer run properly due to problems with my feet, so plodding about on level snow is the least painful wa y of getting exercise." "Gradually , the reason has become photographing them , an...