I was asked to write some not so typical answers to the questions we got from the Baltic Snow Call during the application phase. It is really the truth that I was not thinking that Lothar sends this to the committee. To cut a long story short, he did!

TEAM GERMANY – BLACK FOREST

At least I (Mike) was not responsible for the picture above 🙂

Introduction

Tell us about your team; who are you and where do you come from?

Team Black Forest is a mixed team of artists with broad experience in landscaping, music, light art and snow sculpting. We live in the very south-west of Germany at the border to France and Switzerland. Our sculptures are inspired by the beautiful Black Forest, the proximity to France, Switzerland and Italy. These cultural influences are reflected in our sculptures and as soon as we see 25 tons of compressed snow we are going in for the kill and do it for the thrill!

Team History

How long have you worked together? What are your team’s greatest achievements?

Team Black Forest work togehter as a snow sculpting team since more than 14 years. Beside the core team there are always handpicked friends joining in to ensure diversity and provide the most exciting sculptures for international competitions. Team Black Forest was 1st place in Lake Tahoe, USA and just 7 days later 1st place in Nayoro, Japan. On top of that Team Black Forest built the world-wide first interactive snow sculpture in Whitehorse, Canada 2016.

About Snow Sculpting

How did you end up carving snow and what is best in snow sculpting?

In the Black Forest it can happen that you are not able to leave your village because of snow blocking the streets. If we have had enough of repairing cuckoo clocks and swinging our balls we started getting creative. After building many snowmen we figured out that we are destined for greater things. Snow-sculpting is for us the transformation of cold and pain into team spirit and from there to the great satisfaction called a snow sculpture.

Baltic Snow Call?!

What do you expect from Baltic Snow Call?

Our dream is to sit with the Finnish Hockey Team Leijonat in a Sauna, listening to the Leningrad Cowboys and drink some of the nice Salmiakki to celebrate 100 years of Finland.

More info

Facebook: Team Germany-Black Forest

 

 

THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SNOW SCULPTING COMPETITION BALTIC SNOW CALL, FEATURING WORLD FAMOUS SNOW SCULPTORS.

BALTIC SNOW CALL 2018 is a snow sculpting competition for Baltic sea countries. The competition brings together top sculptors from the region to battle over gold and glory in Nallikari, Oulu Finland 21.-25.2.2018. This one of a kind snow sculpting competition in Finland is an invitation-only –event and it’s a part of the International Association of Snow and Ice Sculpture’s (AISNG) official event calendar.

TOP PROFESSIONAL SNOW SCULPTORS TO NALLIKARI, OULU

Baltic Snow Call 2018 created a lot of interest all over the world right after its announcement. 10 teams from around the Baltic sea were invited to participate, but many other teams showed interest from almost every continent. According to the international event calendar, Baltic Snow Call is the region’s largest snow sculpting competition.

”The competition is unique and interest towards the event surprised also the arrangers. In addition to the invited countries, teams contacted our event from Mexico, USA, Thailand, and China. Nevertheless, we stuck to the original plan and this year’s participants, apart from one exception, are coming from the countries surrounding the Baltic Sea” –Janne Andberg¸ head of the contest.

The invited teams are coming from: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Russia. A world-renowned team from China was invited to team Denmark’s place. All of the teams represent the top tier of their respective countries and are renowned in international competitions around the world.

”All of the teams are very skilled and include some of the world’s best snow sculptors. For example, the German group, Team Black Forest, has been sculpting together for over 14 years and they have won competitions for example at Lake Tahoe, USA, and Nayoro, Japan. They have also sculpted the world’s first interactive snow sculpture in Canada 2016.“, Janne Andberg explains, and also continues: “They are waiting excitedly for Baltic Snow Call, Finnish sauna, salty licorice and they hope to meet Finnish ice hockey players during their visit.”

The event, held in Nallikari, Oulu is sought after also within many top sculptors – the event marks the first international snow sculpting competition in Finland in decades. Each participating team is introduced to the event’s website. The introductions include the team itself, their history, merits and why they chose Snow Call. On the page are also team introductions as well as pictures from previous sculptures.
http://www.snowcall.fi/contest/teams

We are in! – Team Black Forest represent Germany