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Why carve a swan?  Well, to carve a swan you need to know many basic techniques.  I consider the following to be the 7 Steps of every ice sculpture-

  • Design- Apply the design

  • Silhouette- Cut out the silhouette

  • Blocking in- Push back the levels

  • Rounding- Cut off the corners

  • Sanding- Smooth the ice

  • Details- Add refractive angles

  • Clean- Remove small scratches & chips of ice

Start with a block of ice that has a  tube frozen inside

 

Attach a template

Using a chainsaw, trace on the template

(cut upwards when tracing with a chainsaw)

Because we carve at room temperature, we

can remove the template

Cut out the silhouette or "Cookie Cutter'

Make sure your cuts are very straight

 while cuttingout the silhouette

Cut in the 4 reference lines about 2"

Make 4 angle cuts to the reference lines

Using a 5" Super disc, Sand all of the surfaces

Using a Pistol Grip Sander, Sand all of the surfaces

Using a 1/2" Drill & a Hole Drill start drilling the hole

Change the angle once the hole is started

Using a die grinder & a 1/4" end mill, cut a drain hole from the back

Using the tip of the saw cut in the detail lines

Clean your sculpture

Pour a shot of Alcohol through the Tube

(this ensures that no water will freeze in tube)

Finished Spiral luge

 

Click here to see how we freeze in the spiral luge

(After a few tries, this design should take about

10 - 15 minutes to carve)