extreme ice art: larger than life ice sculptures

[123backinyerface]

Bellissimo.

[SK4869]

The Tiger is my Fav.... :D

[iampeeay01]

magnificent sculptures!!! thanks for sharing.

[CountryBuff08]

Is 0:57 from the Sistine Chapel?

[icecarvingsecrets]

@CountryBuff08 Yes, the sculpture at 0:57 is an abstract modern adaptation of Michelangelo's God and Adam on the Sistine Chapel. It was done in Alaska in 2004 by a four man team over 5 1/2 days; the lead sculptor was Vitaly Lednev. There's also a more standard version at 1:20 that was done in Lübeck, Germany. I don't know the sculptors of that one. Thanks for your comment!

[toxicwaste08300]

i was moved by the 0:08 sculpture

[kcatromero]

Lol imagine if they melt

[ElizabethBathoryMs]

Divine!

[daneiab]

cool sculptures!!!

[27030064]

Track Name plz 

[icecarvingsecrets]

@27030064 Air on a G String

[SuperMiles10]

Check out an amazing documentary at Jump Start Distributions called Arctic Diamond which follows the World Ice Art Championships

[adriancooper2403]

wats the name of the song please?

[Beatnikzombie]

I've always wanted to eat an ice sculpture.

[selene0899]

0:11 dont look like ice but pretty! 0:24 cool! 0:44 amazing! 1:33 cute!

[lajpal258]

its awesome...

amazing...

its just wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...­........

[analog18647]

Jak się nazywa ta nuta w tle?

[triwise]

Can anyone explain how they made the ice so large. I live in Canada and this winter i want to try to make my own sculptures. I don't want to buy ice. and if i use a plastic box with a liner in it. it will crack the box and isn't big enough. I don't think sticking to blocks together would be easy. Ice is heavy. Any help to understand how they get so big??

[icecarvingsecrets]

They harvest the blocks from a small pond using heavy equipment. Partly because it freezes slowly and allows air bubbles to escape, the ice freezes clear. It's tough to get good ice for sculpting; that's why many ice sculptors use ice made in special machines.

[oceanblue1224]

@triwise They use a special equipment that makes the water freeze, sort of like a big freezer, but way fancier. (it allows for no bubbles to form). And they just cut the big cube into rectangles using a saw. To put 2 pieces together, all you do is pour water on the ice, and stick another part to the watery surface. The water will melt the iCe, but it will then refreeze very fast, allowing for the 2 pieces to mold.

[icecarvingsecrets]

@oceanblue1224 Most of the blocks in this video are natural ice blocks, frozen during the cold Fairbanks winter. In the right circumstances, natural ice will freeze clear. Freezing the blocks together is mainly a process of matching the welding surfaces and adding cold water when the surfaces are matched together. Sometimes, this can be a difficult technique, especially when you want the weld to be as invisible as possible.

[Beatnikzombie]

@triwise They have freezing machines that make 400 pound blocks. They use a super purified water and freeze it at high temperatures so it comes out completely clear. They stack the blocks using something like an engine lift and fuse them either with water or by running a saw between to create a slush.

[icecarvingsecrets]

@Beatnikzombie The sculptures shown in the video were not assembled from 400 lb blocks. In the case of these sculptures, the blocks were about ten times that size and were moved with heavy equipment. For most of these sculptures, the blocks were frozen in a pond (in Alaska). In a few cases, the blocks were created artificially in Belgium. But you're right, in most cases, sculptures are assembled from 300-400 pound ice blocks. The ice is kept clear by circulating the water during freezing.

[icecarvingsecrets]

@Beatnikzombie The sculptures shown in the video were not assembled from 400 lb blocks. In the case of these sculptures, the blocks were about ten times that size and were moved with heavy equipment. For most of these sculptures, the blocks were frozen in a pond (in Alaska). In a few cases, the blocks were created artificially in Belgium. But you're right, in most cases, sculptures are assembled from 300-400 pound ice blocks. The ice is kept clear by circulating the water during freezing.

[icecarvingsecrets]

@Beatnikzombie The sculptures shown in the video were not assembled from 400 lb blocks. In the case of these sculptures, the blocks were about ten times that size and were moved with heavy equipment. For most of these sculptures, the blocks were frozen in a pond (in Alaska). In a few cases, the blocks were created artificially in Belgium. But you're right, in most cases, sculptures are assembled from 300-400 pound ice blocks. The ice is kept clear by circulating the water during freezing.

[Iceculture]

Nice vid were was this shot at

[Paperbagman555]

I wanna go on a ship made of ice driven by a dragon!

[alaitain]

this is AMAZING art work. talk about talent.

[ladyamerias]

Such beauty and precision. it literally took my breath away. the warrioress lady with the hair floating up was my favorite. the detail is amazing. i also truly loved your tiger.

it was like a tiger had truly been turned to ice.

[ITurnOnRed]

Music is Johann Sebastian Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068. Better known as "Air On The G String"

[lovmirinda]

what is the name of the background's soundtrack music??

great video :)

[yurigourmet]

ESCULTURAS EN HIELO

[DeanaUSA]

impressive and beautiful, thanks for posting this

[XXblacktoothgrinXX]

1:16

[daddylionn]

these sculptures must be magnificent. the video is not able to do the justice, but thanks for posting.

[divedeepinside]

very very beautifull

[papylos]

è tutto così surreale............mamma mia k bello!!!!

[Sabertoothchicken]

Thats amazing

[pizzaman889]

1:50 to 1:57 was best

[icecarvingsecrets]

the dragon boat shown that timeframe won the event that year, so the judges thought it was pretty impressive too

[blackscorpmage]

i agree

[nomihc36]

omg, the detail on that dragon is amazing at 1:56

[HauntedLady]

Wow until you have done them as I have you have no idea how hard they are BRAVO!

[lightscamaction636]

awsome!

[XxHarvestPrincessxX]

beautiful :)

[Artary]

WOW!!! These were amazing!

[gagevecellio1993]

1.50

the best

[12ohan]

Amazing. I can't imagine how you make them not totally collapse.

[icecarvingsecrets]

sometimes they do; large sculptures like these can be risky; thanks for the comment