This ice sculpture design was used recently at a wedding in Oxford, MS. They just wanted an ice piece to front the champagne station. The bubbles on the center column were carved into the front and the back of the ice using both bubble bits to create raised bubbles and endmills and burr bits to make indented bubbles.




The different bubble depths work together to fool the eye some; the bubbles look like they’re inside the block, as long as they last. Larger bubbles go towards the top, as the bubbles would be expanding as they moved toward the lower pressures near the top of the champagne.



The sculpture requires a full block and it’s easiest to cut the holes (which should be matched to the bottle diameters) with a hole cutting bit set in a drill. (Look for an entry about these useful bits in the future.)



You could expand the piece by using the method below, making the most of your available ice. Conceivably, you could even get the monogram slab out of the same block, if you were willing to sacrifice the height of the inverted columns on the right.



Here is one way your could lay out the larger display.



It wouldn’t be difficult to adapt this piece to be used with almost any sort of bottle. Perhaps the hole diameters would need to be changed and you’d likely want to change the bubble design on the center column to something more appropriate, like some scrollwork or even a logo.

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Tags: monogram, snowfill engraving, alcohol service, champagne, weddings