Ice Sculpture - What a Wreck!...

Ice Art was commission by the South African Heritage Resources Agency Special Projects Department, in association with the Department of Arts and Culture to carve an ice sculpture of a Spanish Galleon shipwreck in celebration of national marine week.

A shipwreck initially posed a problem – there is generally not much left on a shipwreck... and whatever does remain is in tatters – Can we make this look effective in ice. Plus the fact that we can’t make the masts out of ice at this scale or they would simply break... We made a simple plan however using Perspex, fishing line and ripped satin to create the sails and masts. 2 blocks of ice were then used to create the bow and stern sections of the shipwreck ice sculpture.

On site the two halves of ice were placed together and then the sails slotted into the pre-drilled holes – the result was very effective and the client was very happy with the visual appeal.

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Ice Sculptures - A green industry for sure...

I received the following information from Aaron Costic at Elegant Ice Creations in the US and it was of environmental interest. I subscribe to his newsletters and this was an interesting read.


Don Chappelle, an ice carver from the Northeast of the US recently brought up a good point. He said our businesses and planet can benefit from being greener. This is posted on his website-


Brilliant Ice Sculptures - a Green Company.

At the end of the night when the party is over our sculptures will end up watering trees, vegetable gardens or flower beds as opposed to filling up dumpsters then landfills.


Ice sculptures are cutting edge yet sustainable products that help minimize the impact of waste created by the hospitality industry for event planning.


We deliver 95 percent of our sculptures with low-emission vehicles.


We reuse or recycle our plastic drip trays, lights and foam when used.


Our plant is heated by our freezer condensers only.


We recycle remaining ice from ice sculpture production to chill the water for the next batch of ice blocks, an energy savings of 25% per block.


Ice Sculpture creates very little waste materials other than organic earth-healthy waste; minimal plastic is used in the making of ice blocks which is reused several times for packing materials.


We use only natural ingredients, we do not use chemicals of any kind in the process of creating these amazing sculptures.


Only organic cleaning products are use in the cleaning of our facility.


Don has reported that this has boosted sales to those interested specifically in Green products.


Mike Kowalski mentioned recently that we should be using a soy based lubricant instead of WD-40 or a lithium spray. He is right, our product is either displayed right next to or touching food products. We should be using an organic lubricant.

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Ice sculptures and the FIFA 2010 World Cup Soccer

FIFA 2010 World Cup and Ice Sculptures...

It was only a year ago that the 2010 World Cup looked like a distant milestone that was to be considered much later – now with 290 days to go its almost upon us and before you can blink it will be over.

Being prepared with your creatives is a must with ice sculptures for your functions and events. At Ice Art we have already started taking ice sculpture bookings for pre-match and post match functions, and corporate themed events for the 2010 during the World Cup period for a variety of ice carvings.

In fact we have already been commissioned on a number of ice sculptures between now and the end of the Year for build up events and the fever is already rising in S.A…C’mon Baby!

With our ice sculptures and skilled carvers we can create so many varied themes for the soccer sport, from action sculptures to the FIFA logo, footballs, trophies – Just look at the World Cup Rugby trophy we created just recently just imagine this translated into a ice sculpture of the Soccer world Cup trophy.

Ice sculptures and ice bars like this Adidas football sculpture with the FIFA logo can be adopted to have any company logo or insignia combined into the ice sculpture. It can also be made into a luge or a fountain.

Do drop us a line anytime if you have any questions or require quotes and don’t forget to visit our Press Office and Ice Art Website for extra info.


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Ice sculpture of Webb Ellis Trophy for Players Fund Function

Ice Art was commission by the Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players Fund to carve an ice sculpture replica of the Webb Ellis World Cup Rugby Trophy for the BELL’S Night of the Stars Rugby Extravaganza at the Durban ICC. The function was very well attended from the greats of the past in Joel Stransky and Bob Skinstad through to the entire Springbok team.

The aim of the function was to raise funds for injured players, and their target of R 1 000 000.00 was reached with exceptional contributions coming from as far and wide as Morgan Freeman who pledged R 100 000 to the fund via a live feed to LA!

Ice Art was privileged to be a part of the function and produced this 1.3m tall, 350kg replica of the iconic trophy. It was made up from three blocks each weighing 140kg, which were joined and then carved in our freezer in Cape Town and thereafter taken apart into 3 sections and re-assembled on site in Durban, at the ICC venue.

The feedback regarding the guest reaction to the ice sculpture from the client was excellent, “A huge hit!” and provided many guests with great photo opportunities.
This ice sculpture was quite a tricky one as the supporting stem had to be strong enough to carry the weight of the hefty upper half of the trophy for the duration of the night. This was also a crucial joint point in the sculpture and so this join had re-align perfectly horizontal when re-assembled again.

The trophy also has a high level of gold leaf detail which we managed to replicate very closely.

We had to leave the ice making up the trophy handles a little thicker than the origional as they needed to last for a good 7 hours and at the end of the function they were still looking the part.

We are expecting the photos from the actual event soon and we will post them shortly. The pictures in the blog and website are taken from inside our freezer before it was disassembled.

For more information please visit our website and Press Office which is also on our site.

www.iceart.co.za

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Ice Golf!

We know it’s popular with certain Inuit clans and Eskimos in the very northern ice capped locations of the world, but very few normal people have had the chance to try their hand at Ice Golf. It’s really not as easy as one might think and takes some deft putting to overcome the slippery course...

Ice Art produced a 6m ice putt-putt course for Bells Whisky. The golf day was held at Brandhouse and there were a number of interesting holes on the day, but it was certainly the ice hole that had people battling to sink their ball. Players teed off over the Bells snow logo and headed down the 6m course, which was straight with a slight dog leg at the end. There were a few obstacles along the course, bottles frozen on the course, and a few slight ramps to make it more tricky.

The main challenge faced was that the ball slips and slides on the ice in a very interesting manner, quite unlike your normal putting green! This was of course all part of the plan and simply meant that players needed to adjust their game, tone down the power of their shots and work on shorter deliberate lay-up shots to get close enough to the hole. One player however, actually managed to get a hole in one!

At Ice Art we can create just about any ice sculpture, and we were very keen to put together the ice golf putt putt hole. The original ice blocks were cut into 80mm thick slabs and flattened out to be level. These were then all assembled on site in a water catchment system and raised ice sides were then added to stop the ball from shooting off the sides of the ice runway.

At the end of the round players met at the Star Bar and here we had erected an Ice Bells drinks dispenser for all the thirsty ice golfers. This dispenser was a first, we actually froze the bottle and the optics tot dispenser into the ice. Then all one needed to do was use your tumbler to push on the optic and ice cold Bells Special Reserve was dispensed. Nice.


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A White White Wedding - and Ice Sculptures of course....

Start planning your Weddings for next season with Crystal Clear ice sculptures:

A white wedding with ice sculptures. The huge scope available to the event planner and soon-to-be-bride through the medium of ice, is of great appeal when planning ice sculptures for a wedding. From table centrepieces, to ice serving stations, ice chilling aparatus for the champagne, Ice Wine Racks, Ice Vases, ice bowls for desert, Oyster Terraces etc.... all fit in so perfectly with the shimmering white wedding occasion that they were essentially born to co-exist together on the special day… Check out more images here

In South Africa many people have never been able to consider icesculptures as a décor element for their event and special day, but now Ice Art has that base covered, coupled with an extremely high level of skill and professional service to further enhance the pleasure of such an icesculpture or ice installations on the day…

For more information also see our press office here

http://www.bizcommunity.com/PressOffice.aspx?i=120562

The more traditional classic pieces like Swans, Harps and cherubs may still be common…but that trend is fast changing as people come to realise there is a far greater scope for exciting and dynamic wedding concepts in the ice carving field. Ice sculptures that double up as drinks fountains or vodka luges are also popular for entertainment at the reception, and a Live Carving is the perfect way to entertain guests while the bridal party is off having the pictures taken - this is an excellent way to fill that gap.

At Ice Art, we can supply interactive themed Carvings, LIVE Carvings, elements frozen in the ice and ice baths for the drinks / Champagne Buckets to the wedding or reception. We can enhance traditional décor such as flowers, individual miniature themed ice table centrepieces and display items with a huge variety of options and even supply full Ice Bars, archways or an entire winter wonderland.

Ice Sculptures will last for more than 8 hours, looking good, if kept out of the sun and direct wind

The Ice looks absolutely fantastic and really makes the wedding unforgettable. I hope this gives you some food for thought, and I look forward to hearing from you, please feel free to visit our website at http://www.iceart.co.za

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Icy Fashion Shoot in Ice Art Freezer!....

Rooi Rose - Icy Magazine Shoot - In our freezer...

For the May Edition of Rooi Rose, the publication visited the Ice Art factory for a subzero shoot in our large 9m by 5m freezer...

The theme was black, and the textures of the black garments, the lighting on the ice and ice sculptures with the striking female model resulted in some fantastic polar shots. The model and Rooi Rose crew were extremely brave, putting up with -15 degrees C temperatures in order to capture the perfect shot.

In the past we have supplied ice for a number of shoots, elements of colour also look fantastic with ice sets.

- Read more to find extra information on this Chilly experience and to see more images on our Press Office link.

Photographer Johan Wilke, Fashion Editor Giselle Hon, Make-up Artist Lara Whitehead, Hair Stylist Merle Titus and Ice Art collaborated to produce some excellent imagery for the May issue of Rooi Rose. All the images were taken inside the freezer at subzero temperatures and the Model bravely posed amongst the icicles and ice blocks to achieve some spine chilling results.

Ice sets were arranged within the freezer to suit the various shots required, and certain elements such as the icicles were pre-carved and brought into position for the specific scene.

Icicles are a feat of nature and proved tricky to carve, being so fragile and prone to breaking. In the end the crew at Ice Art used a technique involving a blow torch and the slow trickling of water over the ice to create the icicle effect in the images.

Working in the freezer gives the benefit of the subzero temperature, so the ice does not melt which allows more creativity without the stress of any of the set melting. In this way intricate sets of ice sculptures can be laid out and arranged, and re-arranged...and re-arranged... if required!
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