Since I was a kid, I always had this weird fascination with ice sculpting and glass blowing. Pretty, clear little things with glass bubbles, smooth crystals and even drawings of ice cubes always captivated my attention...the way it catches the light and makes your eye delve deeper beyond the surface. I love how glassware is created by making it fluid, how it glows bright orange and wraps itself into a tight ball around the poker, and moves with each breath of the glassblower.
At home when I was growing up, I would take our regular dinner knife (it was dull, don't worry), an ice cube from the fridge and chip away at it to see what it would feel like to be an ice sculptor. It always looked so satisfying to do when I watched ice sculptors on TV take their giant chisels and work away at their enormous blocks of ice. Sadly, it never felt that way when I did it at home and it was always more painful and frustrating than satisfying, as my fingers would numb up and the ice cube would melt or slip away.
By the way, these pics are of the Cool Jewels Ice Tray from Urban Outfitters. It's $8.00 more than I am willing to spend unfortunately as I am poor. That's OK though. I just like looking at the pictures.
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