Now we have started the work at Icehotel!

Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, 9.30 AM

Day one

The first day started with a big meeting at the Oktagård with all the Artists and the Support Team.

The atmosphere was incredibly welcoming, everyone was enthusiastic and happy about being there, we felt like a part of a big Family at once. In spite of the -26 degrees in the air this has been a very warm start.

 

The Hotel is realized in modules, piece by piece. Our room was still under construction when we arrived.

 

We collected our warm working clothes, tool box and started to work on one of the most important items of our Suite at Icehotel: the hook.

Carving in ice has been such a lovely experience. Ice is a very gentle material and easy to shape, the sound of the tools while working on the surface was smooth and peaceful, not scratchy as we expected.

The primary form of the hook is now ready, tomorrow we are going to polish it.