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Most foreigners flee to Mexico to escape the ice and snow, but some Mexicans actually go looking for it.
Born in 1943 in Mexico City, internationally recognized snow and ice sculpture sculptor Abel Ramírez Aguilar only began competing in the sport in the 1980s, after encountering snow for the first time in his 40s. Visiting friends in Quebec, his first experience of snow was magical and sensual.
But snow did not make him a sculptor. He already had a long and distinguished sculpting career working bronze, stone and wood as well as teaching at the prestigious La Esmeralda art school in Mexico City. His challenge with this new pastime was to learn how to apply his skills to two media not available in large quantities in his home country snow and ice.