December 23, 2008

splashy champagne spray ice sculpture design

the last time I updated my champagne spray ice sculpture design, it apparently was 2014. I suppose I’ll work on it again in 2032 😜

my champagne spray ice sculpture design

updated 4/11/23 significantly when added to the new site

I haven’t used my champagne spray ice sculpture design for some time, but I’ve always liked it. I came up with it when I lived in New Mexico. Since I moved down south, I’ve not had an opportunity to use it much, but I came across it a while back and decided to add it to the site.

In addition to the two slabs shown in the templates, you’ll need a base piece that’s at least 20”x10”x4”. The bottle shown is typically rather flat, but you can round it out some if you use thicker ice. Make sure to get as clean a weld as possible between the bottle parts. If the spray piece doesn’t attach cleanly to the sign piece, use a small handsaw to adjust the weld surfaces.

I’ve given you templates for the champagne spray ice sculpture to cover you for the next three New Years. Beyond that, you might want to handle any updates yourself. I wouldn’t hold your breath waiting on me 🥴

In the latest incarnation of the design, beside getting current on the years, I’ve added some bubbling to the sign portion. This makes sense, as it’s champagne that we’re talking about and it matches up with a recent bubble detailing trend. You can add bubbles to the spray too; nothing wrong with that. I would tend to use a mix of convex and concave bubbling tools and add them to both the back and front of the ice. This adds depth and confuses the eye of the observer a bit. Mix bubble sizes too.

Regarding the bubble distribution, it would seem that there’s a tendency for the larger bubbles to be up higher because the bubbles should expand as the pressure on them drops. But this effect might be minimal because the distances are relatively small. Either that, or the bubbles just don’t care, because when you look at pictures of bubbly, the different sizes are all over the place. Maybe there’s a slight tendency for larger bubbles to be higher, but it’s not that big a deal. So put them wherever you want, if you want; the bubbly police probably aren’t coming for you. (But if you’re drinking bubbly while you’re doing things that you ought not to be doing; well, that’s a different story.)

here’s the wedding version of my champagne spray ice sculpture. If the names are something like Elizabeth & Ted though, the names might not fit very well :/

I’ve said before that I don’t always catch on to obvious applications right away, and this time it’s no different. It only recently occurred to me that you could use this sort of ice sculpture at a wedding. So I’ve included a bride and groom version, along with a blank template (below) that you can use as you wish. Note that it can be a little tricky to get the names to look right in the spaces, especially if they’re very different in length.

for more info and some guidelines

If you have any questions about the champagne spray ice sculpture design, email me or comment below (if it’ll let you). If you would like to use this ice sculpture design or any other design on this site, please check the design usage guidelines. The design collection page lists designs on the site.