Artist creates snow Venus de Milo in his Chedworth garden

SNOW is loved by some and hated by others, but for one artist the white stuff is both clay and a canvas.

As children were out sledging and motorists were cursing icy roads, Ray Hedger was busy creating a snow version of the iconic Venus de Milo sculpture in his back garden.

The 68-year-old has been snowed in at his home in Chedworth and nearly a whole day creating his own Venus.

He said: "I used my hands and copied the Venus from memory.

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"I have made a snow queen before in someone's garden in Sweden.

"I like the fact that the Venus will gradually melt away because it shows that beauty is ephemeral."

To see more of Ray's work, go to hedger-art.com.