Most pieces just depict the finished product. This piece shows the beginning stages, too, and the formulation of the idea.

Pallets are no longer allowed because they have too many chemicals in them.

Twenty degrees is perfect for us. When it gets into the high 20s and the sun is out, it starts to affect the ice.

It's one of the cultural events. They give out Olympic medals. There will be eight blocks of ice and 18 hours to compete.

There were 100 ice sculptors there from all over the world. We were given 10,000 pounds of ice and three days to create a sculpture.

We have a tower built of ice, and we fill it with wood and light it on fire.