This is the only ice sculpture calendar I’ve ever seen, so it’s the coolest calendar ever even if the ice sculptures weren’t amazing Brice ice art.
From big ice sculpture events in Lübeck, Germany and Fairbanks, Alaska, I’ve assembled this slideshow-style extreme ice art video.
Bubble bits are innovative die grinder bits invented by Steve Brice. They have little curved cutting surfaces that make bubble details on your ice.
A nailboard is ALMOST exactly like what it sounds like. (It has screws, not nails.) But ice sculptors use them for flattening large surfaces of ice.
Some question the value of competitions in ice sculpting. But competitions are much more than contests and drive innovation and connections.
Extreme ice sculpting can mean a number of things, but always means taking things to the limit. In this case, ice gets extremely delicate detailing.