A snow day is a great excuse to build a snowman \u2013 but I’m guessing you’ve probably never created an ice sculpture in your front yard; but one Fort Worth man whittled away a few blocks of ice to turn it into a truly Texas masterpiece. \u00a0<\/p>\n
With each stroke of his knife, Paul Miller is creating something, well, something totally Texas. \u00a0<\/p>\n
“Stockshow rodeo, going on a bucking bull, would be a good way to represent Fort Worth and Texas,” said Miller, who owns his own ice sculpting business, Stellar Ice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Well, the bucking bull is very on brand for Cowtown, but one made of three massive blocks of ice? That’s a little different.<\/p>\n
“It’s a bit of an oxy moron, having an ice carving in Texas,” said Miller.<\/p>\n
But when the weather gets cold enough, the chef, who turned professional ice sculptor, loves to put on a show for his neighbors, a few of whom stopped by while we were interviewing him. \u00a0<\/p>\n
“We came over here to see the ice sculpture, we saw it on Facebook and we’re just a few streets away, so it’s a good adventure for us,” said Candice Reyes, one of Miller’s neighbors.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It’s something Miller loves to do every winter he can.<\/p>\n
“Filled a trash can and packed it with snow and filled it with water, flipped it over, and I had a block and I carved it into a gorilla. I don’t have any pictures of that, it’s been 15, 20 years from the first snow storm, and it just kind of evolved from there,” said Miller.<\/p>\n
Evolved into something Miller loves to do. \u00a0<\/p>\n
“The fact that I can quickly, in a few hours, make some magic and art and see all the people come by with smiles on their faces taking pictures,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Helping turn his neighborhood into a true Texas winter wonderland. \u00a0<\/p>\n
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