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Russ Leno has been
sculpting everything from pumpkins to snow for the last 20-odd years. Mediums
have included ice, pumpkins, sand, wood, andsnow. Sculpting
alone or with a team has allowed more experiences and travel than any
other aspect of his life. Russ have carved from Washington State
to Washington DC, from Switzerland to China, sculpting a different medium
in each place. Some of his adventures and accomplishments include:
Ice:
- Competed in two international competitions, sculpting
7500 pounds of ice
- Competed
at Whistler Mountain
- Competed
at Quailcum Beach B.C.
- Organized
an ice
carving event in Bend, Oregon
- Individual
block sculptures for various events and individuals
Pumpkins:
- Food
Network Challenge Series
- Fortune Magazine
- Home and Gardens TV show
- Sharon Osborne Show
- Featured on Evening Magazine (local TV)
- Martha Stewart Show
- Sculpted Largest Washington State Atlantic Giant
Pumpkin, weighing in at 1262 lbs.
- Sculpted for Microsoft, raising $18,900.00
for charity
- Various local fairs, farms, exhibits, and children
events sculpting 35 – 900 lb. Pumpkins
- Featured in How To Grow World Class Giant
Pumpkins II book on Atlantic Giant Pumpkins.
- Carved pumpkins for Vice President and Tipper
Gore for
the much- renowned Halloween Party at the Vice President's Residence.
- Sculpture featured on "Master Carverä" pumpkin
carving tool.
- Sculpted AOL logo Pumpkin
- Carved pumpkins at the Washington, Indiana, Oregon and
Texas State Fairs
- Appeared in many newspapers and magazines
Snow:
- 3
events with the US Snow Sculpting Team, St. Moritz, Switzerland,
Harbin China and Sapporo, JapanVarious
Resorts sculptures including – White Pass, Stevens
Pass, Snoqualmie Pass and Mt Baker2
time World Champions at Harrison
Hot Springs, Canada6
time US Open Champions in San Diego California2 Guinness Book
of World Records for
Worlds Tallest and Longest Sand SculptureTV,
Evening Magazine, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and KOIN TVVarious
Pacific Northwest Mall SculpturesSculptures featured in various magazines
and newspapers including Sunset Magazine.2 commercials – Coca-Cola
and Newport Beach BankVolunteer
for sculptures benefiting a 6th grade class, and Kids on the Block
for the past 6 yearsParticipated
in Pacific Northwest events; Cannon Beach, Ocean Shores, and Long
Beach
Spam:
- Fat
Tuesday Competition benefiting the Northwest Food Bank in Seattle WA
- Featured
on local television in promotion of Spam Carving
- Took 1st placed - once
finished in the Top 3 four times, out of over 100 contestants
- Featured
in People Magazine
- Appeared on The Tonight
Show with Jay Leno
- Second place finish
at 2002 Spam cooking contest at the Fair
Wood & Chainsaw
carving:
- Duck
Decoys
- Small Birds
- Chainsaw Sculptures - Bears, Moose, Wolves,
etc.
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