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Published: 2008-01-27 16:56:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 8151; Favourites: 351; Downloads: 0
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Ice, carved yesterday for a museum in Wallaceburg Ontario. There used to be a major plumbing manufacturer located there so the tap was appropriate. This piece is a little over 4' tall. The top half was heat polished while the bottom was left frosty to give the impression of water coming out of a chromed tap.Related content
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WOW... Thanks for featuring the Ice Tap 
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No problem at all! It's actually quite funny little sculpture and I liked your other ones as well. This one was somewhat unusual. All credit for people who have patience to do ice sculpting!
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Thanks... I wish it really was little. It would have been much easier to move! LOL
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Hehe! I feel your pain. That's the eason why I like doing small things.
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Oh no!!!!! Not Stunned!!!!!.... LOL... Why stunned?
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LOL! Because the artistry of this is just fantastic!!!!! I was in a hurry but I just had to comment on it! I can't wait to look at your other ice work! Truly remarkable! So, yes, I'm stunned!
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If you're interested, to give you an idea of actual size, check my scraps. There's some other shots there of the tap sculpture.
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LOL... Thanks 
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Major kudos, sir... a man of many talents... I like that!
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Why thank you Ma'am
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omfg this is genius!!!! 
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LOL... Thanks ... This really was kind of a last minute decision to carve the tap. Surprisingly it worked the way I had imagined it. I really should take time to plan these things before picking up a chisel
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what's heat polished? and may I ask how cold the ice is?
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very interesting! I never knew the properties of ice were so amazing
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Heat Polished?... With this kind of ice you can use either a heat gun or a propane torch to liquify the outside layer and if it's cold enough, it will refreeze on the surface nice and shiny. On this one I only polished the tap part and left the water, milky looking. The ice is pretty cold since this one was done outside in Februsry. (there are some related news clippings in my scrapbook page if you're interested)
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wow! i thought it's photoshopped too - you're so talented!
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Thanks. Now if only I knew what I was doing!
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Brilliant! Art really has no limitations, and you proved that here!
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This is incredibly beautiful and realistic! I love it.
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Amazing work. Very cool (and not just because it is ice 
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Now, if you could do this as easily with glass... It would at least be a little more permanent.
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Thats brilliant, It looks as if you captured a perfect moment in that sculpture...
If only it lasted forever, because when I saw it i thought "that would look great in the house" then i realized it would melt
Well done!
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I suppose, with unlimited $, you could mold and cast it out of acrylic or something. Just what everyone needs too... A giant tap in their living room
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thats what i thought lol.
Nothing better than a four foot frozen tap.
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Well, it matches everything.
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Small scale? This tap is around 4 feet tall. Scaling up is a problem for me at times since I normally work MUCH smaller.
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Oh wow I'm sorry, I read 4 inches
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LOL... now that would be difficult!...Carving ice cubes from the refrigerator!
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which is why my first thought was "Does he have little ice termites!?"
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Thanks. Too bad ice is a very temporary medium.
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Yes, but sculptures in ice look gorgeous while they last!!!
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it looks just like a tap, even though its made of ice. wonderful
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That kinda was the idea after all 👍: 0 ⏩: 0
What a gorgeous piece of work - who says ice is nothing but a hindrance to drivers and pedestrians?
Ontario, you say? Well well, might have to find a way to go to Wallaceburg and see this museum~!
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Enjoy your trip to wallaceburg.... pretty small local museum... and the ice tap... a long gone puddle outside the building
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