Ice sculpture replica of Rugby World Cup Trophy...

The aim of the function was to raise funds for injured players, and their target of R1 000 000.00 was reached with exceptional contributions coming from as far and wide as Morgan Freeman who pledged a large donation to the fund via a live feed to LA. Bell's Whisky also contributed a massive R375 000 to a great cause.

Ice Art was privileged to be a part of the function and produced this 1.3m tall, 350kg replica of the iconic trophy. It was made up from three blocks each weighing 140kg, which were joined and then carved in our freezer in Cape Town and thereafter taken apart into three sections and reassembled on site in Durban, at the ICC venue. The feedback regarding the guest reaction to the ice sculpture from the client was excellent, “A huge hit!”, and provided many guests with great photo opportunities.

This ice sculpture was quite a tricky one as the supporting stem had to be strong enough to carry the weight of the hefty upper half of the trophy for the duration of the night. This was also a crucial joint point in the sculpture and so this join had realign perfectly horizontal when reassembled again. The trophy also has a high level of gold leaf detail which we managed to replicate very closely.

We had to leave the ice making up the trophy handles a little thicker than the origional as they needed to last for a good seven hours and at the end of the function they were still looking the part.

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