Ice sculptor Shintaro Okamoto explains the art of sculpting ice in 10 levels of difficulty. The angelfish is one of the most historical designs in the ice sculpting community, so it’s the perfect place to start. Shintaro explains how you can create an angelfish design in increasing levels of complexity, from using simple hand tools to CNC machining the piece.
3D ice printing footage courtesy of McGill University.
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10 Levels of Ice Sculpture: Easy to Complex | WIRED
this is bananas
This creativity is beyond imagination !!!!
ngl 2 is more my thing. not sure why
I wonder what motivates a man with talent for sculpting to learn the form that, by design, melts over time.
I would like my art to keep standing and choose marble.
https://youtu.be/WG0B6Ms7tyY
Step 11 is being of Asian heritage. Their eyes makes the use of safety glasses optional
In my mind the level of difficulty is in reverse of how it was displayed in the video
I wonder if wired will ever do a levels of fursuit making video haha, I’d have to build my portfolio first but I’d love to make that vid lol
Bro clear your throat
This isn’t 6 levels,
This is 6 steps
great tutorial. Keep it up.
Ice Sculptures in Finland: https://youtu.be/q9SIMlCORA4
the 4th step should be 3D water sculpting and i dont see skills in any of this unless its step one –
I want to buy ice carving mould
Any shope in dubai 😊
I honestly thought level one would be like, basic shapes. (pentagons, rhombuses, etc.). turns out level one requires detail, skill, and lots of tools
Nice job❤
😮🙆👉🌄? 😃
I adore the way this man speaks about his craft. He explains it so thoroughly and passionately! I was just curious about how they do this art form, and he’s just taught me so much.
It’s crazy to think that being an ice sculpture it takes skill and dedication which means a lot a lot of time to master the craft, so for anyone who has seen the movie Groundhog’s Day which stars Bill Murphy as a journalist who ends up reliving the same day over and over again, no matter what he tries to does to put an end to this madness he attempts many attempts such as many attempts at suicide , being arrested, and nothing works so then he takes advantage of the repetitive circumstance and learns how to play piano, learns how to be a very skilled ice sculpture , along with memorizing every moment and everyone’s responses and what their good to say next. It’s never mentioned in the movie how long he actually lived the same day over and over again but considering his talents he learned day after day with playing the piano and especially being a master ice sculptor it would of had to have been at least 10-15 years. What are your guests?
Wired – can you sponsor an Epstein Ballroom ice sculpture in front of White House?!?
okay and these sculptures are used in..?