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| Santa's Throne Ice Art |
Sculptures can be abstract or realistic and can be functional or purely decorative.
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| Gingerbread House Ice-Is-Nice |
They are generally associated with special events because of their limited lifetime.
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| Holiday Display Ice Art |
The temperature of the environment affects how quickly the piece must be completed to avoid the effects of melting.
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| Santa's Sleigh Ice Impressions |
If the sculpting doesn't take place in a cold environment, then the sculptor must work very quickly to complete his piece.
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| Angel About.com |
Some sculptures can be done in ten minutes if the carver is using power tools such as a chainsaw and specialty bits fitted to a die grinder which is a hand-held power tool sculptors use for contouring.
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| Toy train and Santa Ice Art |
They also use razor-sharp chisels and hand saws specifically designed for cutting ice.
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| Snowflake Ice-Is-Nice |
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| Tree with lights frozen inside Ice Art |
Color effects are possible by a number of techniques, including the addition of colored gels or sand to the ice.
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| Santa in his sleigh Ice-Is-Nice |
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| Holiday Home Inside Medford |
This art form is traditionally taught in culinary schools, but there are some small schools that teach ice carving.
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| Angel Ice Art |
I love ice sculptures. It takes very talented people to create these beautiful works of art.
Hope you have a wonderful day.
