Sunday June 26, 2011Mrs. Fumiko Allinder's flower class visited Okamoto Studio in Long Island City for ice container workshop. Mr. Okamoto is a very talented and well-known ice sculptor who works for a big client like Tiffany, Channel, and NBC etc. in New York. (Please check out his website. His work is amazing!!!)
It was my first time to make something out of ice.
First we draw a design of the container. Then, Mr. Okamoto shaped the ice with his chainsaw according to our designs. After that, we started adding textures on the surface or curving lines to create different effects.
Ice was melting as we work so every minute it was slightly changing how it looked. In a way, it's a nostalgic process...
Flower arranging is a same kind of art that it changes its shape as the time goes by but it's a much slower pace compare to the ice sculpting. You can't worry about the detail design because it smooths out in a few minutes anyway. I learned you have to make deep and clear cuts or lines to create a definition on the ice.
Few of my friends' works can be viewed in here.
Mr. Okamoto's tools..
Work in progress...
Mr. Okamoto using chainsaw
