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Ice sculptures, part of the upcoming International Ice Festival,
are on display in Jerusalem, on March 4-5, 2012. The Festival features a
display of famous Jerusalem sites and landmarks, characters from Israeli
children stories and a fantasy arena which includes sculptures from children’s
fairy tales - all carved in ice, as well as other special attractions such as an
ice bar and an ice skating rink. Artists, sculptors and builders from the
Chinese city of Harbin came to Israel to build this exhibition, 1500 square meters
of giant ice sculptures in a structure about the size of four basketball courts.
Hundreds of tons of ice blocks were created at a manufacturing plant that was
built especially for the exhibit in the city of Ashdod, and transported to
Jerusalem by trucks. The milky white ice blocks were made of frozen tap water
while the clear, transparent ice blocks were made of distilled water, free of
chemicals. For other colors, food coloring was used. The City of Ice opens to the public tomorrow, March 6, 2012.
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