All of these designs were created by one man working alone. His name is Simon Beck, and he makes his designs in the town of Les Arcs, in the French Alps, using a pair of snowshoes and an orienteering compass. Each design can take as long as ten hours to complete.
(More information about Simon Beck and more photographs of his artwork can be found here.)
How beautiful…and unusual. I hate the cold. I can’t imagine spending ten hours in the cold to create something that will be blown away. But at least he can photograph it.
Just thinking about what motivates a guy to essentially throw away so much time and energy for the temporary gratification of viewing geometric patterns. It’s like the folks building humongous sand castles at beaches. Discovered it’s best to not stand too close downwind of them. OK, time to stop thinking on this. He’s a nut job. Accept it and forget it.