Yes! It really is just ice. Surprisingly (to me anyway), that’s probably the most frequently asked question about ice sculptures that I hear. But frozen water is the medium that I know and understand, so that’s what I work with. There might be some minor exceptions in the near future, but by and large, what you see here is just ice with color lighting.

Yes! I often start work on my ice sculptures and ice art with a chainsaw. Then I usually move down in tool size as the sculpture gets more detailed. I’ll typically use soldering irons and/or Dremels with small detailing bits as I’m finishing an ice artwork.

A fast ice sculptor can make some ice sculptures VERY quickly. For example, I’ve carved sculptures in as little as 10 minutes! But that’s not what I have here. With the “fine ice art” that I’m showcasing on this site, I’ll spend at minimum days, and possibly weeks on a piece. But the sculpting isn’t the whole process. The photography and lighting set up is part of it too. And that involves long hours at 19˚F.

Actually, no. I’ve made thousands of ice sculptures over the years and after a while you get used to that. (You can see many more of my ice sculptures at icedragonice.com, btw!) It does bother me, however, when I don’t get the photo that I want of a sculpture that I’ve put a lot of work into. That happens sometimes :/

I’m going to get into that a little later with a specific page in this “About” section. But this is another of the most frequently asked questions I get about my ice sculptures. Suffice to say, it was kind of an accident when I had a summer job at a hotel during college. And then I just kind of ran with it!