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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Unique Wedding Decoration Ideas When it comes to wedding decoration ideas, many grooms and brides-to-be want to go beyond the traditional options in order to create the perfect setting for their special day. After all, why settle for simple when it is possible to achieve something beyond your wildest dreams? For those wanting something different, ice...
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...
Category : Live Carvings, Videos
Here is an excellent quick resource of information on ice sculptures and ice bars – This was an info clip shot at our factory last week and give some insight into the ice sculpture world! – Enjoy
Once you have watched the clip please visit our website or Press Office for extra information….
Category : Live Carvings, Promotions
For the most part, an ice sculpture can stand alone as a feature, as purely a static decor item. The look and feel of the ice is unique enough to carry this off. Therefore ice sculptures of Logo’s, animals, product replicas etc…can generate enough of an appeal all by their lonesome selves.
However, the fantastic thing about ice sculptures, and something we like to focus on at Ice Art is bring interactive elements into the mix when the function or event suits it. Ice sculptures can be made into Luge’s for pouring shooters, or for a more permanent flow they can also double up as a drinks fountain with the liquid flowing through the ice sculpture and into a catch tray. Live ice carvings on site for guests is very entertaining, but even more so when we can actually pull out members of the guest party and let them assist us on the completion of the ice sculptures… normally towards the beginning so that there is less chance of them hacking off a crucial part of the almost finished sculpture!
Sculptures that chill bottles, or keep seafood or ice cream cold are great ways to make use of the ice sculptures temperature properties as well as its visual elements.
Ice Bars for example, can easily be converted into a seafood station, or even an ice cream station – looks fantastic and serves an icy purpose too.
There are examples of this on our Press Office and our website – www.iceart.co.za
For more images and examples of these concepts please visit our press office – The SA Golf Open Ice golf ball shows a great example of a fountain, and the Vawter Ice Chest shows am excellent way to chill bottles and have them on display with branding at the same time ( see above image ). There is also an image below of the fountain.
Of course, making use of the the cold temperature of the ice sculptures in South Africa is a must on many occasions as it can be extremely hot here during the summer season.
When it comes to ice carvings and ice sculptures, replication of logos in ice is a common request and of course a speciality at Ice Art… always proving itself to be a fantastic method to generate a focal point around a brand or activation.
We have our own press office which covers many of the gigs we have been part of over the years for clients – To visit our press offices for some cool images click on the link below:
http://www.bizcommunity.com/PressOffice.aspx?i=120562
The ice sculptures can be pre-carved in our freezer and delivered as completed items or carved on site at the event as an interactive entertainment peice. Every logo is different and requires a different approach based on its design, fragility and also the final scale that the logo will be produced on. Fine details on a small scale can melt quickly when carved 3D, and so if the ice sculpture is very intricate, an engraving technique is used with snow, aptly named snowfill, to create a contrast image of this subject – the Ferrari and Ogilvy logos are great examples of this.
Whereas the Maserati and the Smart Car logos are 3D. A combination of the two techniques also produces a great effect. A client’s physical brand, such as a product, can also be replicated as in the case of the Bell’s Truck and the Merc S class.
To view our website and images of these sculptures click here
The ice medium has always intrigued people and generates a hub of interest around the sculpture, with guests up close and personal with the brand. The focal point also offers a great corporate photo opportunity.
Logo work can be combined with a fountain or a functional items such as an ice bar, ice service station, ice drinks cooler etc…
Ice Carving, as an art, was first recorded in china more than 1500 years ago. Quite something – who was the first person who made a committed decision to make ice his sculptural medium of choice? I don’t have record of his name – but I can guarantee that it was a Chinese name.
At Ice Art we channel our passion and efforts into creating each hand carved ice sculpture, Ice Bar, ice centrepiece on a spectacular level. We do not make use of moulds or mechanised machinery. Its all skill of the hand and eye.
For more information and images please visit our website on www.iceart.co.za
As a commercial industry the ice carving niche has been in existence for more than 60 years and is at its largest on the continents of the Americas and Canada.
A very specific ice block is used for this industry and on the whole it is a great expense to produce each block, which only has a quality requirement of this nature in the ice carving industry. One can get away with poor quality ice for drinks, or seafood dressing, or general purpose chilling.
For Ice carving, the construction of Ice Bars, Ice walls or Ice installations such as the V+A Ice Lounge only the most clear, uniform and structurally pure ice will suffice in order to be safe. Being clear it does not simply look great but it is also uniform in strength and free from weak pourous spots or fractures.
