The Epitome of Cute

Here's another masterpiece (sorry, Heather: mistresspiece? personpiece?) from the World Ice Art Championships 2007 in Alaska: Steve & Heather Brice's A Little Help, which gained joint second prize in the Single Block Classic Realistic category. I've enlarged the mice to give you a better view of this cute detail. And you must see what gained fourth place (Entry 16). Why is it that some of the world's finest sculptors are working with ice, instead of more permanent media? It leaves our museums to collect junk from inferior artists.