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Everything Rella does is tem-porary, he said.

“That’s the whole zen of it forme, it’s always been like that. ... Iplay music; that goes away. Youcook a good meal; it’s gone. It’sabout creating something that’sfor the moment — I like themovement of it, the whole spiri-tuality of it,” he said.

A manly processCollaborating with other

artists is Rella’s new directionas a sculptor, he said. On Jan. 6,he celebrated the 20-year

anniversary of the opening ofhis first ice-sculpture business.

“If you look at my work overthe past 25 years, I’ve done tonsof figures — Roman gladiators,Thor, the god of thunder andlightning — I’m trying to reinventmyself as an artist; this is a newdirection for me. The whole thingis about art in its environment.”

Rella spent much of the pastweek with a chain saw in hand,carving the sculptures.

“Very manly,” Rella jokedabout the process. Rella, alongwith Paul Wertin and RobCapone, worked to put thesculptures together last week.Capone and Wertin stacked the

300-pound blocks of ice —about 100 of them, Rella said —on top of one another whileRella followed them aroundwith a chain saw, sculpting theice into organic forms.

‘Green on green’Inside the base of each sculp-

ture is an LED light. Beginningwith tonight’s lighting ceremony,the sculptures will light uparound sunset each eveningthrough March or whenever theymelt. Ranging from amber greento turquoise and “straight upgreen, green,” colors will flowthrough the sculptures as ifthey’re in motion, said Michael

Baugh of Pink Monkey Solutions.Baugh, along with his partnerNathan Cox, designed the lightingfor the sculptures and were test-ing the lights Thursday afternoon.

Not only is the project greenin color, it’s also green from anenvironmental perspective.

“It’s green on green,” Baughsaid, chuckling.

“Basically, they don’t use a lot ofenergy, and you get great colors,”Cox said, referring to the LEDs.

The lights also were recycled— they came from a fountainon Wall Street in Vail.

Respect the sculpturesFordham has just one request

for passers-by — be respectful. In an effort to keep the sculp-

tures standing, heightenedsecurity has been arranged as aprecaution, Fordham said.

“There’s a crowd of people intown who think ice sculpturesare meant to be vandalized.We’re begging people not todestroy them. Walk amongst theVerdant Meadows. Have yourpicture taken with them, butplease don’t destroy them,”Fordham said. “They are some-thing Vail can be proud of.”

High Life Editor Caramie Schnellcan be reached at 748-2984 orcschnell@vaildaily.com.

Frozen works of art light up Vail

PRESTON UTLEY | putley@vaildaily.comScott Rella puts the finishing touches on Triumph Winterfest Verdant Meadows. About 30,000 pounds of ice were used to make the 17 ice sculptures, Rella said, the icesculptor who worked on the project. Each night the sculptures will light up around nightfall, changing all shades of green courtesy of 25-watt LED lights installed in thebase of each.

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