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One Step at a Time: Canadian Creates Spectacular ‘Snowshoe Art’

This undated family handout photo obtained February 4, 2021, shows retired headmaster and artist Kim Asmussen in Schreiber,…

On frozen lakes and snow-covered fields in Canada’s wilds, magnificent geometric formations have suddenly appeared — the work of a retired headmaster stomping around in snowshoes to beat back pandemic blues. 

“I start with a shape — a hexagon, a square or a triangle — and draw lines through it or intersecting circles,” Kim Asmussen said in a telephone interview. 

The 62-year-old spends a lot of time tinkering with sketches in advance, he told AFP, “because once you’ve made a mark in the snow you can’t erase it. It’s not like drawing on a piece of paper. 

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