Ilya Filimontsev
After studying at the art college in Moscow, I worked as a jeweler/goldsmith, designing. While working as a jeweler, I started making snow, ice, and sand sculptures and found I enjoyed the combination of traveling and sculpting. I quit my jewelry job and continued to study sculpture at the Moscow State Academic Art Institute of Surikov. Since 1996, a professional sculptor & jeweler, with more than 20 years of experience in making sculptures from sand, snow, and ice. Took part in more than 200 sand sculpture events around the world