At Creative Ice (creativeice.com), one of Seattle’s premier purveyors of ice sculpture, ordinary tap water is transformed temporarily from public utility to belle of the ball.Ice sculptures are ...

He apprenticed on the side with a Maine-based ice-carving outfit, and when the owner moved away, Bluck decided to hang out his own shingle. “In the beginning, I’d do maybe six sculptures a year,” he ...

Like any craft, ice carving is equal parts artistry and technical skill. First, teammates working in groups of two to three trace a template on big sheets of papers using images projected on a wall.

The first American to win the prestigious world championship of ice carving in Asahikawa, Japan, ... As drought deepens, nine L.A. artists think about water. Aug. 22, 2022.

He moved from Colorado, where the winters are cold and white, so he wouldn't have to shovel snow. Yet, what does Kurt Herbolsheimer do almost every day? Shovel snow. Even on a 103 degree June after ...

The performance of carving the ice is just as much part of the art as the finished product. Aired 02/13/2025. RMPBS News. is a local public television program presented by RMPBS.

Putnam — Fire & Ice: A Valentine’s Festival is returning to downtown Main Street this weekend for a 14th year of ice carving, fire breathing and fun. This Saturday from noon to 8 p.m., the ...

He first picked up a chainsaw to carve a block of ice at the age of 17. And decades later, the works of art he's created combining ice and power tools have taken him all over the world.

He has won the U.S. Ice Carving Nationals and subsequently competed in ice carving events held in conjunction with the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, in 2006 and Vancouver, British Columbia, in ...