Ice Sculptures
Amarula Elephant Ice Sculpture Wows New Year’s Eve...
The New Year kicked off in style with a massive elephant ice sculpture that was unveiled to a crowd of 5000 partygoers at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Dubbed Cool Ama-Ellie, the sculpture was commissioned by Amarula and produced by Ice Art’s Matt Smyth. The ice artist worked from an image, taking two days to carve...
Looking Back at 2011 Ice Art kicked off the events season by getting involved in a wide variety and cross section of events across a range of industries, creating ice sculptures that wowed the crowds. Some of the events over 2011 included year-end functions, weddings, brand launches and industry showcase expos.
Ice Sculpture Events & Highlights
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J & B Global Party at the Castle in Cape Town South Africa’s oldest building recently came to life in a sea of unique ice sculptures, décor, music and crowds for the private J&B Global party held at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town. The event was quite possibly the largest of its kind held at the Castle in over 300 years, turning this iconic landmark into...
Fish Eagle Brandy - Interactive Ice Sculpture Sessions... There are few things more captivating than witness a magical ice sculpture come to life, especially in the hot climate of South Africa. Not many people can say that they have had this memorable opportunity to watch one of the top ice artists in the country perform a live ice carving, let alone the chance to learn how to...
ANC on ice…
Ice Art was commission by the Featherbed Events company to create this 2 block ANC ice sculpture for the ruling party. The ice sculpture was created using 2 blocks of ice, engraved with snow and then inlayed with colour mixed with paint. This sculpture was set up at 5pm and it still looked fantastic at 3am!
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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Category : Clients & Brands, Functions, Rugby World Cup
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.
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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…
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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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