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11/12/2012 12:19
IT’SPROBABLYNOT
the first career
Anne Marie Taberdo envisaged
for herself while studying fine art
sculpture in Sydney. Sitting on the
beach in the Australian sun, the
idea of working in a giant freezer in
London, in temperatures of -8°C,
wearing ski gear, while wielding
a hefty chainsaw would have
seemed pretty out there.
Funny how things turn out.
Today she’s an ice sculptor for
Icebox, the UK’s leading ice experts, and that power tool has
become her best friend. “The only thing I ever thought I’d use
a chainsaw for was cutting trees down in my garden. Now I use
one every day,” she laughs.
Indeed, she's just got back from Liverpool having completed
her biggest job for the company since joining four years ago
–
designing and building an entire pop-up bar. It took almost a
fortnight, and required seven tons of ice to finish the space and
craft the sculptures, including a polar bear.
In comparison, the challenge of creating the icy letters for
our January cover must have been something of a breeze.
Not so, she says. “Every project is difficult. It may have only
taken around four hours but it was a very detailed job to create
the fonts you use. We had to design it on a computer first, then
use a computer-controlled drill. Finally it was finished by hand.”
The result, as you can see on the front of the magazine you're
M A K I N G O F
T H E C O V E R
Cool as ice
Meet the amazingly talented creators behind this month’s winter ski cover
holding, is undeniably beautiful – thanks, in part, to the shimmering
quality of the sculpture. According to Icebox’s founder, Philip
Hughes, much of this has to do with the special type of ice they
sculpt with. “We use deoxygenated ice that’s been frozen very
slowly,” he explains. “This is what makes it so clear. It’s essential.”
As an ice-sculpture pioneer in the UK, he should know. When
he started the company in 1993 nobody was doing anything
remotely similar. Since then, the business has grown from five
to 40 employees, diversifying from corporate gigs to PR stunts,
advertising campaigns and events – including the London Ice
Sculpting festival, which Icebox operate.
And what of the future? “We’re always looking at ways to push
the envelope,” says Hughes. “We’d love to create a festival event in
the height of summer. Now that would really make a statement.”
icebox.co.uk
ICE, ICE BABY
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Anne Marie Taberdo at
work in her freezing studio
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The finished letter before
the snow and figures are
added for the ski scene
03
The Z being shot in the
photographer's studio
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Our colourful cast of
cover stars, kindly
supplied by 4D Models
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