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Ice Visions at 2011 World Series & Playoffs
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Ice Visions Sculptures in winning booths at 2011 Zoofari Fundraiser
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David Van Camp in St. Louis Magazine
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Ice Visions Featured on STL Today Website
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Ice Visions in the St. Louis Jewish Light
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Join Ice Visions at the
2012 Ice Carnival!

The carvers at Ice Visions didn't get much sleep during the 2011 World Series and Playoffs. They carved over 100 blocks of ice for the St. Louis Cardinals! Click on the images to see larger photos. Ice Visions got a thumbs up from Bill DeWitt for "the beautiful carvings."

Ice Visions Sculptures were
featured in the
1st and 2nd Place booths of the
Zoofari Winners!
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David Van Camp Featured in January 2009 issue of St. Louis Magazine!

Ice Visions featured in the 2008 Special Edition of the Jewish Wedding Planner,
published by the St. Louis Jewish Light.

Warm feelings, cold medium Dave Van Camp of Ice Visions carves out a sculpture featuring two interlinked hearts for a local wedding. Ice Visions can bring an ice creation to life.
Photo: Kristi Foster

Ice sculptures add unique touch to any wedding
By Elizabeth Slonim Macanufo
Special To The Jewish Light

Couples looking for a "chill" wedding have the perfect decor by way of Mother Nature: ice sculptures. St. Louis ice sculptors can shape frozen water into many forms to fit any wedding.

David Van Camp, owner of Ice Visions, has created ice sculptures for 500 weddings each year since 1992. “An ice sculpture enhances the whole reception room. The piece can fit the ambiance of the event and adds so much to the whole feeling in the room." Depending on the temperature of the room, ice sculptures typically last from five-to-seven hours.

Van Camp has also noticed that his customers prefer unique sculptures. "We can do double hearts, swans, a bride and a groom, and monograms, but most people prefer custom work." Using a computer numerical control machine, Van Camp uses a computerized 3-D sculpture machine to produce the frozen art.

Ice sculpture offerings include more than just buffet or gift table centerpieces. Van Camp can create small, matching sculptures to be placed on each guest table.

He also forms full sized ice bars out of thousands of pounds of ice. Photos of the wedding couple could be frozen and visible within the bar. Another popular ice exhibit is an ice luge, which dispenses beverages.

Van Camp uses light to further decorate his sculptures. "Part of the whole package is to illuminate the sculpture," he explains. He can also freeze objects into the sculptures, such as bottles of liquor.

Brides and grooms searching for their ideal ice sculpture can visit ice sculpting events held during the wintertime in St. Louis. The University City Loop holds an Ice Carnival each January. The Fete de Glace ice festival and carving competition is held annually during January in downtown St. Charles.

Van Camp also recognizes the benefits of having ice sculptures at a wedding. "People don't realize how much an ice sculpture can fulfill an evening." The possibilities are endless.

David Van Camp, owner and sculptor of Ice Visions, was featured in the St. Louis Post Dispatch in September, 2004. The article had a colorful picture of Dave carving in his shop and gave a wonderful overview of Ice Visions. The article was written by Shera Dalin. Thank you Shera for the super publicity.

Former Rams Player London Fletcher Smashes Ice Castle

Ice Visions Cleans up at 2005 Fete de Glace Competition

Dave takes a walk down the
Hollywood Red Carpet
with an Ice Trophy!

Congratulations to Aaric Kendell, Ice Visions Alumni, for winning First Place at the Ice Carving Expo at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver!

1st Place Winner 2009 Competition
Mount Holly, New Jersey
Ice Visions Sculptor, Sean Leahy wins first place with "Incrementum" ice sculpture.

2008 Ice Carnival at University City Loop

On Saturday, January 19, 2008, the Ice Visions sculptors gave live Ice carving demos from noon until 4 pm in the University City Loop. Ice Visions Ice Sculptures were displayed in various locations along Delmar Avenue. An Ice Slide and an Ice Maze was created for children of all ages.

( Click on any of the images below for larger pictures.)

Ice Slide

Ice Maze

Images from National
Ice Carving Competition in Chicago

2005 Fete de Glace Competition
The St. Charles, Missouri competition was held on the January 29, 2005. The team carvers from Ice Visions made a prominent display of their talent. Dave Van Camp and Johnathan Russell took First Place in the 1500 pound, five block display with Dave's design of the Mother Goose "Cow over the Moon." A real crowd pleaser.

Dave also received 2nd place in the single block Master Carving category earlier the same day with his "Ouch That Hurt's " carving. Sean Leahy made a fantastic showing as his first competition in the Carver Class with 2nd place for his "Ice Breaker" break dancer design. John was a close 4th place with his beautiful Orchid, "Ice Blossom" carving. Great work guys!

Ice Fantasy 2002
In February Ice Visions produced the first annual Ice Display and competition in downtown St Louis, at Laclede's Landing. It was a fun and successful event. We had 10 of the best area ice carvers competing for trophies and cash prizes while showing their talents to the hundreds of spectators.

Ice Visions displayed several sculptures along 1st and 2nd streets and created a "101.1 the River" logo live on stage by David Van Camp.

The event was created in cooperation with the Laclede's Landing Merchants association along with the hard work of the Ice Visions associates.