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Calatrava Ice Sculpture "S2" from the premier of Sculpture Milwaukee

Art Below Zero’s latest ice sculpture was created for the premier of Sculpture Milwaukee, an exhibition of 22 sculptures that have been r...

Journey poster and guitar ice sculpture for the band's performance in Madison.

Journey performed the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin a couple of weeks before their highly anticipated Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame i...

Mother's Day is coming soon!

The second Sunday in May is approaching fast in the ice sculpting world as Mother’s Day happens to be one of the busiest days for our field a...

Kenosha's 3rd Annual Snow Daze Winter Festival

We’ve been sculpting away over the past month in anticipation for the city of Kenosha’s 3rd annual Snow Daze Festival! For this yea...

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The Edgewater Hotel Frozen Assets Winter Festival Ice Bar with Ice Wall

The Edgewater Hotel in Madison hosted their 5th Annual Frozen Assets winter festival in union with The Clean Lakes Alliance, to celebrate our wintr...

The Baker House's Annual Fire and Ice Lounge for Lake Geneva's WINTERFEST

Check out this brilliant footage covering last year's ice sculpture tradition that Art Below Zero has had the honor to be a part of. The Baker Hous...

Celebrating Gurnee Park District's 12th Annual Frost Fest

This is our 12th year Art Below Zero is helping the Gurnee Park District celebrate their annual Frosty Fest. Don't miss out on this wonderful o...

New Snow Filled Portraits!

Upholding our promise to offer the most customization options for ice sculptures, we are introducing a whole new way to personalize your very own i...

Marriage proposals with Ice Sculptures!

The magic of ice sculptures truly comes alive through the creativity that you bring to us! We are so thrilled to be considered in so many impor...

Ice Beat Factory's new ice sculpting show with energetic music and live visuals

Art Below Zero’s affiliate company Ice Beat Factory is proud to present a new video exhibiting how the group is redefining “live ic...

Ice Beat Factory's new ice sculpting show with energetic music and live visuals

Art Below Zero’s affiliate company Ice Beat Factory is proud to present a new video exhibiting how the group is redefining “live ic...

Ice Beat Factory's new ice sculpting show with energetic music and live visuals

Art Below Zero’s affiliate company Ice Beat Factory is proud to present a new video exhibiting how the group is redefining “live ic...

Ice Beat Factory's new ice sculpting show with energetic music and live visuals

Art Below Zero’s affiliate company Ice Beat Factory is proud to present a new video exhibiting how the group is redefining “live ic...

Ice Beat Factory's new ice sculpting show with energetic music and live visuals

Art Below Zero’s affiliate company Ice Beat Factory is proud to present a new video exhibiting how the group is redefining “live ic...

Live Ice Sculpting at the Newaukee 2nd Annual Night Market

Ever want the opportunity to touch an ice sculpture... or better yet, see one created before your very eyes? You happen to be in luck as TOMORROW n...

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The late, great Les Paul's 100th birthday ice sculpture!

Today in history: We are celebrating what would have been Les Paul's 100th birthday! The self taught artist, born in waukesha, had a tremendous i...

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Art Below Zero is Featured on CNN's Show "Somebody's Gotta Do It" Starring Mike Rowe

This past January, we had the honor to host Mike Rowe and his crew at our ice sculpting studio to film an episode of his new show entitled “S...

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Interactive Ice Sculpture coming soon to the Mad City Bridal Expo this sunday!

This Sunday, we are proud to be apart of the Mad City Bridal Expo in Madison, one of the biggest and most unique bridal shows in the Midwestern reg...

10th Anniversary of Milwaukee's magnificent Bride Show- March 1st, 11AM-3PM

It’s easy for stress to arise in the midst of planning your future wedding. Take the load off of you and your partner’s shoulders and e...

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Downtown Kenosha hosts 2nd Annual Snow Daze Winter Festival featuring 40+ ice sculptures!

The Downtown Kenosha Ice Tour is back for another year come this Saturday! For the 2nd year, we will be gracing downtown Kenosha's Snow Daze fe...

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#shameless Ice Sculpture in Chicago's Pioneer Court

4:00 AM early Friday morning, the Art Below Zero Inc. team trekked down to Michigan Avenue in Chicago to install an INCREDIBELY large ice sculpture...

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Functional Art Deco Seafood Table for the Gates and Stephen Wedding Ice Sculpture

Ice sculptures, and the way that we view them here at Art Below Zero, have a very architectural quality in every step of the creative process from ...

Annual Milwaukee Holiday Parade "JOY" Ice Sculpture

In late November, Art Below Zero and Ice Beat Factory kicked off the Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival with our Rube Goldberg ice sculpture machine...

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31st Annual Lake Forest Tree Lighting Ceremony

Today, we are celebrating yet another annual holiday tradition in the city of Lake Forest in Illinois! Art Below Zero will kick off the 31st annual...

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2014 Milwaukee Tree Lighting Ceremony

Art Below Zero and Ice Beat Factory both made an incredible appearance at the 2013 Milwaukee tree Lighting Ceremony and this year, we are putting t...

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Herradura Tequila Ice Sculpture

Although the first tequila was produced in the 16th century, long beforehand, The agave plant, a main ingredient in Tequila, was used by the ancien...

Collection of Indian Themed Ice Sculptures for Sahil and Aneta Agarwall's Wedding

Art Below Zero Inc. had the honor of being a part of Aneta and Sahil Argwall’s amazing wedding celebration. The festivity (which lasted three...

The Art Below Experience for Charlie's Birthday

On Sunday, our good friend Carl from Front Room Photography surprised his father Charlie with a particularly cooool birthday gift and brought him o...

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Savory Infuser Functional Ice Sculpture at the Grand Opening of the Hotel at the Potawatomi Casino

For those living in Milwaukee, or the surrounding areas, may have seen the construction of the new Potawatomi Hotel and Casino’s hotel in the...

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Beer Wall Ice Sculpture for Asplundh at the Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee

The pilgrims on the Mayflower made their legendary landing on Plymouth Rock…only because they ran out of beer before reaching their final de...

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The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Logo Ice Sculpture

We are honored to make a sculpture for the Boys& Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee for their 2014 dinner gala. For those unfamiliar with the program,...

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Baseball Themed Seafood Display Ice Sculpture

This seafood platter made its debut this past weekend at an espcially grandiose outdoor birthday celebration, saturated with A-list stars! Baseball...

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Arabian Nights Ice Sculptures

Arabian Nights, a popular event theme inspired by the timeless collection of West and South Asian folk tales, was the theme of the evening for a pa...

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Discovery World Annual Gala Ice Bar Ice Sculpture

Ice bars are typically known for their presence inside of ice hotels built in cold destinations half way around the world, you may have seen them f...

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The Phantom of the Opera Ice Sculpture

Cameron Mackintosh’s brand new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera premiered last night at the Marcus Performi...

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Monogrammed Ice Sculpture with Angled Swirl Accents

This monogram ice sculpture was bought for a bride from her mother as a surprise for the reception of her wedding this past Saturday. This time we ...

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Exploding Champagne Bottle Wedding Ice Sculpture

Champagne has always been a symbol of regal celebration and high status and social class, but how come? Well, proper champagne was harder and more ...

Seahorse Ice Sculptures at NEWaukee's first Night Market

The premier night of NEWaukee’s Night Market took place last night in the heart of downtown Milwaukee, and what an adventure it was! Many art...

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Wedding Silhouette Sunset Couple Monogram Ice Sculpture

Pictured here is a wedding monogram ice sculpture completed with decorative elements from couple Jaci and Steve’s wedding invitations for the...

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Live Ice Sculpting Demo at NEWaukee's Night Market tomorrow July 16th!

Trying to stay cool on these hot summer nights? Come and chill out with Art Below Zero Inc. tomorrow July, 16th, at NEWaukee’s first ever nig...

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Wedding Whirligig Ice Sculpture

Seen here is our classic whirligig base, topped with the design highlights of newlyweds Lauren and Donald’s wedding invitations. The Milwauke...

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Hanging Ice Curtain with 3 Suspended Ice Sculptures Installation

Originally named after Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage, it comes as no surprise that the month of June is one of the most popular months t...

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Summertime in the Serengeti double martini luge ice sculpture for the 31st Annual Zoo Ball

To celebrate the 31st Annual Zoo Ball, the biggest fundraiser for The Zoological Society of Milwaukee, held at the Milwaukee Country Zoo, we create...

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Lord Ganesh and The India House Banquet Hall

Ganesh, one of the most beloved of the Hindu Gods, takes on an exciting new look in snowfilled engraved ice for a wedding held at The India House B...

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Unicorn bust for Timothy Westbrook's "Legacy"

This Unicorn bust was created for local Milwaukee fiber artist and fashion designer Timothy Westbrook. Name sound failiar? Timothy was a compeitito...

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CHER "Dressed to Kill" Tour Ice Sculpture

For CHER’s “Dressed to Kill” Tour, we recreated the iconic bejeweled eyebrow logo in ice for her visit to Milwaukee on June 6th. ...

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Interactive Connect Four Ice Sculpture

For Newaukee's 2013-2014 New Year's Eve party at the Milwaukee Art Museum, we created an elegant interactive new twist on the classic board game, C...

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Art Deco Monogram Luge on Sunburst Pedestal Ice Sculpture

This art deco ice luge was created out of one and a half blocks of ice and the widest part of the sculpture was about 40 inches thick. As a particu...

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Optimus Prime Ice Sculpture

An "Optimus Prime" Ice sculpture for a wedding? Yes! At first we thought a very brave groom ordered the sculpture and would be in soooo much troubl...

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Octopus Seafood Display Ice Sculpture

"Creatures need to be made, sculpted, painted...drawn, or they start a riot in your head." -The madcaps philosophy This Octopus ice sculpture wa...

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Seafood display for True World Foods at the NRA Show in Chicago

Check our seafood display at the True World Foods (booth 5056) at the National Restaurant Show at Mc.Cormick place. True World Foods is North A...