Chill Seekers, or the art of ice

19 Sep 2007 7 Comments

by madsilence in Artist Spotlight, Creativity, Ephemera, Ice Sculpture, Life, MadSilence, Public Art, Sculpture Tags: Art

Photo: Okamoto Studio—New York Ice Sculpture

An article in the August 26, 2007 edition of the New York Times Magazine (Chill Seekers, free registration may be required) profiled the work of Okamoto New York Ice Studio.

Takeo Okamoto transforms a block of ice into sculpture from the New York Times

Apparently ice can serve as more than a medium for sculpture. The Ice Hôtel de Glace Quebec-Canada is an architectural wonder made of (what else?) ice.

A picture of the Ice Hotel,taken by Mr. Xavier Dachez the official photographer.

And then there is environmental sculptor Andy Goldsworthy who uses natural materials to create art. Goldsworthy explores and experiments with various natural materiel such as leaves, grasses, stones, wood, sand, clay, ice, and snow.

Ice Spiral by Andy Goldsworthy 

And who can forget Snowballs, made from Scottish snow and transferred from cold storage to melt on the streets of London, warmed by the summer sun?   

A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels.
–Andy Goldsworthy 

Finally, let’s not forget Nature herself, who transforms liquid water into that most beautful of objects: the snowflake.

 

Snowflakes by Wilson Bentley, 1902 

Related Links:
National Ice Carving Association
Ice sculpture from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From the Archive: Okamoto Studio Video by Josh Rubin (from Cool Hunting)

Ice Hotel Is Tourist Hotspot from CBS News

~TAB