Each winter we create an ice rink here at Kerry Farm on our dugout. The ice rink is my biggest collaborative art project with so many elements that I love. Collaboration is first and foremost with Mother Nature, the North Wind, and the shifts in our winter season. Each day, each moments is different. Collaboration with all who come – to shovel, to add a spiral or a design, to build forts, to offer ice lanterns and other decorations, or simply to skate and add the pattern and song of their blades on the ice. At its simplest, all that this art project needs is winter, a couple of shovels and some lantern molds as well as a little food colouring and water plus people bundled up to add their bit. Sometimes our snowblower helps out. Here are some pictures from the 2016-17 ever evolving ice rink.
- mid February 2017 and the ice rink is melting
- mid February 2017, the thaw brings new designs to the surface of the ice
- the thaw- Feb 2017- brings blossoms to the surface of the ice
- late sun in the afternoon
- 2017 shovelling out
- rides on the ice rink
- birthday party on the rink
- the day of the Have a Heart party – perfect ice and weather conditions
- creating art (roses) with skate blades
- First Day on the Rink
- Frost- Kerry Farm Ice Rink
- First spiral (before the big snow)
- First Spiral
- Snowed in – shovel therapy
- Dawn- Kerry Farm Ice Rink
- Spiral by Philip
- “Love” by Chrysa
- Ribbon Tree by Barbara
- Ice Lantern and snow design by Barbara
- Barbara making a star
- Heart by Debra
- Evening sun
- Ice lanterns Haven – protecting the lanterns from above zero temperatures!!
- First sun on rink, January 2017