2009 World Tour News

Team Canada has added some new team members for the 2009 World Tour

Shai Baxendale

A Draftsman Engineer who has worked in Australia, Britain and Canada, Shai has been a potter for many years and has recently gotten into sculptural model making (figurative). In 2008 Shai was trained in snow sculpture while working with Donald, Michael and Gisli at the Breckenridge, Colorado Competition.
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Calvin Morberg

Calvin is a Tlingit Eagle Clan First Nations mask and totem carver.

Until recently he worked mostly in wood and ivory. His work has been presented to the Prime Minister of Canada and he has toured to Russia, the United States and Peru. In 2008 he became involved with snow sculpture under the tutelage of Donald, Michael, and Gisli at the Whitehorse International Snow Sculpture Challenge.

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Peter Lucchetti

Captain of Team Alaska Snow Sculptors, Peter has successfully spearheaded his team in four Whitehorse International Snow Sculpture Challenges. He has been doing snow sculptures for years in Alaska. He is an accomplished painter and sells and exhibits his work throughout North America. Pete has a BFA from Penn State University and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts.

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Evi Watt

works in both fused and stain glass construction. With a studio set up in her basement she is turning out unique pieces of fused art glass as well as traditional style window pieces of stained glass. Evi has worked on the Air Canada International Snow Sculpture Challenge in administration since it¹s conception in 2003. Her skills will make her a valuable member of the Breckenridge team where she will perform the public relations job of selling our sculpture¹s story to the thousands of viewers who attend each day.

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2010 World Tour

World Snow

Festival

Grindelwald,

Switzerland

Jan. 17-25, 2010
Team Canada (Yukon)
Donald Watt
Michael Lane
Gisli Balzer
Shai Baxendale

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