THE PROCESS
Freezing flowers is not just "freezing flowers"
Step 01
I GROW
most of the flowers I FREEZE
I have beautiful gardens and love to work the soil, plant the specimens and watch the new blooms emerge with the changing seasons. The daily care of cutting, caging, weeding, and watering animate and drive me to document the process
Step 02
BUILD & FREEZE
can get really INVOLVED
The creative art of frozen botanicals involves the composition of materials; submerged in water; followed by watchful freezing. The freeze building process occurs in several steps that require attention to timing and temperature. During this process, I use a variety of techniques and tools to create my ice sculptures. These might include, dyes, chisels, mallets, & siphons that impact the appearance of my finished work.
Step 03
CAPTURE
a moment in TIME
The un-molding process can be demanding — most ice sculptures weigh upwards of 40lbs. Once a sculpture is removed from its mold, I photograph for hours to capture moments of change as the ice melts. I also experiment with lighting, torches, chainsaws.
Step 04
MELT
The end result is never what I first imagined — and never the end
The brief existence of the pieces I create, is essential to the process. Like nature, these sculptures emerge, transform, and then melt away replicating the cycle of life and leaving no environmental imapact.
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