[ Amazing Ice and Snow Sculpture.

Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival China 2004

Ice sculpture is a form of sculpture that uses ice as the raw material. Sculptures from ice can be abstract or realistic and can be functional or purely decorative. Ice sculptures are generally associated with special or extravagant events because of their limited lifetime.

The lifetime of a sculpture is determined primarily by the temperature of its environment and thus, a sculpture can last from mere minutes to possibly months. There are several ice festivals held around the world, hosting competitions of ice sculpture carving and building of hotels and more. The following not only gives the artistic look but also amazing.

Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival 2010

An ice castle during the Quebec Winter Carnival of 2009

Mexican sculptor Abel Ramírez Águilar and a Chac Mool ice sculpture

The Ice Castle at the International Ice Sculpture Competition and Exhibition 2005, Lake Louise, Alberta

"Mysterious Pearl" 2006 in Fairbanks, AK at the World Ice Art Championships

Ice sculpting classes at 2011 London Ice Sculpting Festival

Absolut Icebar in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden (December, 2005)

Jukkasjärvi Icehotel interior

Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival 2010

Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival 2013

A multi-block sculpture.

A single block sculpture

Winterlude snow sculpting

Canadian sculptor Michael Lane, in front ofFamily Reunion, which won First Place at the 2009 Breckenridge, Colorado International Snow Sculpture Championships.