Winter sees some truly magnificent international ice festivals hosted across the world. But there are many other occasions when ice is used to incredible effect—for example, to promote a product or celebrate an anniversary. And what about the ice sculptors themselves? Theirs is a frosty, often anonymous world where few know the names behind works of dazzling skill and shimmering beauty.
Browse this gallery and take a look at ice artists at work, as well as some of the more unusual and less publicized ice sculptures created by them.