On ice and time

This sculpture is aged 3 days and more beautiful than when it was fresh. It is clearer, and the corners have start to get at less stringent, more organic form.

Time is a process that I've barely touched so far... In fact, I think time is an important factor when doing ice art. The discovering of age making the surface smooter, the edges softer and the matter clearer has made me work less for perfection in detail and spending more attention to the overall expression and composition of the object. It has been a new and important direction for my personal design process. In the end, the object has melted away and what's left is only the memory of the object. And more important, the memory of the dialogue between the ice and yourself as the object was made and the experiences you got when making it.

Friday #2 - DELICATE SOUND (final project)

Friday #1 - PREP for the final project

Friday: Todays programme

Im on my way to the studio. By bus, actually. Then I dont have to worry about getting the car home If I feel like [going to the icebar] when Im done for today. After all, its friday.
And for the record, today Ive got an idea of form, more developed than just a koncept. Like yesterday its a synthesis of many discoveries made this week.
Have a nice day, I know I will!

Thursday - SYNTHESIS

(The object I made was an synthesis of things I've discovered the past days in the studio. Different volumes, composition, movement and working techniques. What I actually discovered this time was the form language i tend to search for doing ice sculptures. I just say V, stringent and thin. I also notices, I've started to do objects and not only volumes)

The hard, cold malebag

Natural process, temperature and time

Wednesday #2 - what is INTERESTING ?

By messed up block I mean ice with a lot of cracks and air blisters due to melting. The material gets soft and has large, almost organic shaped crystals. It is sometimes unpredictable to work on, since you can't see if the whole crystal falls of or split at your cut. But the inherent patterns are amazing and complex. I choose to save the most interesting parts as a natural volume, by removing the matter around them.

It is really inviting to challenge the ice. The audial indication, the chrystal like sound, makes it exiting to work on the limit of the ice´s capacity.

Wednesday #1 - inverted sculpture TRANSFORMS

This certainlly proof that it is a difference between being done and being satisfied with your work, and also how easy it is to take things to far. The professional would probably have ended in time, both satisfied and done with the piece. But... is it possible to stop the design process satisfied but not yet done?