The Prizewinners, and a Spanish Visual Joke

Winter Hunt, by China, was awarded first place. Amazingly, it was sculpted by two team members only, using only two tools, and borrowed boots, and many many cigarettes.

Yukon's Swan Song won second place: four swans around a shaman.

Third Place and Artists' Choice: Bridge of Tolerance, Germany. It looked very elegant, and also gravity-defying without the fourth support for the flat bridge. But Saturday was a sunny day and gravity quickly prevailed as the bridge collapsed within a few hours of completion.

My favorite was this visual joke by the Spanish team from Barcelona. There is a beautiful horse and rider sculpted out of granite underneath the sheet!

Created by Wolfram Mathematica 6.0  (15 February 2008)