The medals of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games are circular in shape and based on a large master artwork of an orca whale by Corrine Hunt, a Canadian designer/artist of Komoyue and Tlingit heritage. Each of the medals has a unique hand-cropped section of the abstract art, making every medal one-of-a-kind. The medals were revealed on Thursday, October 15, 2009.
Ever since the Torino Olympics in 2006 I have really gotten into the medal designs. I think because I was so moved by the artist's reasoning behind the ones that year. Following those were the exquisite metal and jade works for Beijing and now these from Vancouver. I was a bit stunned by their look at first but the rippled shape of them is just beautiful. I didn't post the ones for the Paralympic Games but they are a rounded square with a similar ripple. I never would have thought of anything like this!
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