Action Snowman - 2nd Installment

Many of you raised the point that the pictures in my previous post on the Action Snowman did not really explain how the Action Snowman would actually move, unassisted.

Blame this on my poor photography skills, my lousy camera and the bad lighting.

I got a few more explicit photographs today afternoon. This will show you the extent of the sophistication of Annikki's design of the Action Snowman.





The first two photographs above show the slide and the snowman, with his feet raised so that only the snowman's bottom rests on the plastic plate which will propel him down the slide.



The third photograph shows the precise position of the snowman as he is ready to slide. It is just a cm away from moving and even that has been designed by Annikki as a very delicate snow ridge.



The last photograph shows the rear of the snowman as he sits on the plastic plate ready to go.

We now wait for an accomplished photographer and cameraman who will take those last few seconds when the Action Snowman slides down that slide to become the world's first unassisted moving (probably self-destructing) snowman!

If you look at the detail of the snowman, beside his delicately raised feet, look at the beautiful eyelashes - an effect Annikki got from using two rose berries.

Look at the wonderful broad smile. This was achieved by using a single twig and a little more snow. She did not use the usual carrot nose, but just a blob of snow.

This will stand out as one of Annikki's greatest creations - where she leads the rest of the world in her creativity.

World's first "Action Snowman"

Annikki is famed for many things - but one of her specialities is designing snowmen.

Many will recall how, a few years ago, I was greeted at 4:30 am by this snowman.



Or the one she created in 2006 November:



Or her seated laplander of late last year:



But her creativity phase has reached a new high.

She wanted to make a snowman which moved.

Who would think she would ever achieve this goal?

But now she has succeeded, aided by the enthusiasm of her grandson, Samuel. First they created a snow-slide:



And Annikki created a snowman which is delicately balanced on a plastic plate which children use to slide down snow hills.



We are waiting for a good video camera before she lets the snowman slide down the snowslide!!

Annikki takes art to the limit.

I was really amazed and laughed my guts out when I saw her working in the garden late last night (after 11 pm) and saw that snowman just ready to slide down the snowhill!