Carving Ice into Art
By Sally Slattery
Sturgeon Bay Hosts Fire & Ice Feb. 15 - 17
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Last year, Patrick Floyd won first place in the advanced category
of the Fire & Ice Sculpture Contest for this carving of a steaming
coffee cup on top of a 'K,' on display at Kick Coffee.
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"It's like riding a bike," says Patrick Floyd of
carving, chipping, and sculpting blocks of ice into intricate creations.
The executive chef of The Lodge at Leathem Smith, Floyd was "shocked"
to win first place in the advanced category of last year's Fire &
Ice Sculpture Contest.
A skill of many culinary students (such as Floyd), ice sculpture features its own set of tools, techniques and disciplines as any art form does. Sturgeon Bay embraces this art during their annual Fire & Ice Weekend, taking place Feb. 15 - 17. Blocks of ice are erected throughout the community, where experienced and inexperienced ice artists and sculptors are welcome to create an object of their choosing.
"I spent an hour and a half on last year's piece because I had to get to work," Floyd recalls. He created the sculpture - a large 'K' with a steaming cup of coffee - in front of Kick Coffee on Third Avenue. "I was so jacked up on free espresso," he laughs, "I'm surprised I didn't cut anyone's foot off."
A skill of many culinary students (such as Floyd), ice sculpture features its own set of tools, techniques and disciplines as any art form does. Sturgeon Bay embraces this art during their annual Fire & Ice Weekend, taking place Feb. 15 - 17. Blocks of ice are erected throughout the community, where experienced and inexperienced ice artists and sculptors are welcome to create an object of their choosing.
"I spent an hour and a half on last year's piece because I had to get to work," Floyd recalls. He created the sculpture - a large 'K' with a steaming cup of coffee - in front of Kick Coffee on Third Avenue. "I was so jacked up on free espresso," he laughs, "I'm surprised I didn't cut anyone's foot off."