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Ice sculptures is the art of curving shapes out of ice. It ranges in size from a small table. There are two ways to make ice sculptures: you can carve into a block of ice or make a mold. Blocks of ice are obtained from frozen rivers and lakes.

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Typically water that freezes slowly makes clear ice and is preferred by artists to make ice sculptures. Anybody can order custom or already design ice sculptures to serve as center pieces for celebration such as weddings, birthdays and bar mitzahs. Ice festivals are typically seen in places that are very cold. Festivals in Sapporo, Japan, for instance, feature sculptures of an architectural scale such as an ice castle.

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