|
If you are a Sales Team, Function Manager, Chef or General
Manager and would like us to drop off a Full Color Brochure
complete with 50 colored sculptures and up- to- date price list
E-mail or call us today for an appointment and let us know the
best time to meet with your team.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Mega Ice
Brilliant Ice
Sculpture has the experience and talent with large scale outdoor
events to deliver on your vision. Donald has 24 years of
experience with 10-40 ton sculptures, including planning,
staging, crowd control, lighting and most importantly,
delivering on your vision.
Inquire about having Donald Chapelle
participate in your next festival whether indoors or outdoors
let Brilliant Ice Sculpture create the drama and excitement to
bring the press to your front door. From the charm of a small
town or a large city, Donald can deliver a product regardless of
how warm or cold the weather.
Let Brilliant Ice create and
install a holiday scene for your customers or employees. There
is no better way of saying thank you for a job well done.
2006
will celebrate Donald's 19th year participating in Boston's
First Night New Years celebration of community. Here are just a
few of his large First Night Installations.
"Here
Fishy Fishy" Artist Favorite
First
Night 2006, Boston
CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW LARGER |
|
|
|
|  |
|
 |
| |
|
|
|  |
|
 |
| A
lustic view of tropical fish and magnificent coral
reef life. Sculpture to include towering seaweed,
colorful tropical fish, Neptune riding dolphins
and undersea coral flora.
Size: 160
Blocks of ice, 22 tons, 18’ tall, 40’
wide 42’long
Climate: one
day cold weather, 1 day heavy rains in the mid
50’s, last three days highs in the 40’s.
. |
|
"Buffalo
Children"
First
Night 2005, Boston
CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW LARGER |
|
|
|
|  |
|
 |
| |
|
|
|  |
|
 |
| “Americas
Native People’s follow the roaming buffalo”
a dazzling view of native life on the western plains.
Sculpture includes a life-size tee-pee, grazing
buffalo, American Native People’s and eager
wolves howling at the moon.
Size: 165 Blocks of ice, 22 tons, 18’tall,
60’ long, 40’ wide.
Climate: last two days warm and sunny mid 40’s,
first three days high 20’s at night. |
|
"OUT OF AFRICA"
First Night 2004, Boston, Boston Common
CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW LARGER |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
A simmering panoramic view of life on the Serengeti.
Encounter a blistering sunset, giant mafuti trees
and the inhabitants of an emerald colored pool with
lazy lions, elegant giraffes and graceful gazelles.
Size: 185 blocks, 25 tons, Giraffes 21 feet tall, 58
feet wide
Climate: 3 days very warm weather in the mid to
upper 50’s 2 days cold weather |
|
|
"TROIKA"
First Night 2003, Boston, Boston Common
CLICK
ON IMAGE TO VIEW LARGER |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
Escape to an animated
wintry countryside of St. Petersburg on a stalwart horse
drawn sleigh to an arctic land of snow and ice.
Size: 185 Blocks, 25 tons 28 feet high, 46 feet wide
Climate: 2 day drizzle including First Night, 4 days cold
weather
|
"SALMON RUN"
First Night 2002, Boston, Boston Common
CLICK
ON IMAGE TO VIEW LARGER |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
A scene inspired by the
final “Circle of Life “, of the migrating King Salmon.
Bathing and fishing in the cold Alaskan glacial waters is
a family of brown bears enjoying a feast of spawning
salmon.
Size: 150
Blocks, 20 tons; 18 feet high, 52 feet wide
Climate:
generally cold days in the low 30’s
|
"MUSH"
First Night 2001, Boston, Frog Pond
CLICK
ON IMAGE TO VIEW LARGER |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
A journey to Alaska’s
frontier
Size: 150
blocks 20 tons; 20 feet high, 65 feet wide
Climate: Good
cold weather one day of heavy rain
|
"NEW WORLDS"
First Night 2000, Boston, Boston Common
CLICK
ON IMAGE TO VIEW LARGER |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
A panoramic view of Saturn
and the stars beyond
Size: 250
blocks 35 tons; 32 feet high, 64 feet wide
Climate: 3 days
warm and sunny weather 65 degrees
|
"STAMPEDE "
First Night 1999, Boston
CLICK
ON IMAGE TO VIEW LARGER |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
Mustangs of the Wild West
Size: 100
blocks
Climate: mostly
cold with 2 days warm weather in the low 40’s
|
"STAMPEDE "
First Night 1999, Boston
CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW
LARGER |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
Scenes form the winter Olympics, Sponsored by Minute Maid Orange Juice
Size: (at start of sculpting 28
feet)
Climate: 3 days in the high
60’s 2 cold days
|
"WHALE
PODS" | ARTIST FAVORITE
First Night 1994, Boston
CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW
LARGER |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
Five life-size Humpback Whales, with schools of fish, dolphins and sea
weeds.
Size: 110 blocks, 11 tons, 32
feet tall 52 feet wide sculpted in relief
Climate: Perfect very cold
|
"DOLPHINESQUE"
First Night 1993, Boston, Trinity Church Copley Place
CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW
LARGER |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
First Try at a great sculpture poor weather made things difficult
Size: 14 tons, 28 feet high, 52
feet wide
Climate: Cold for 3 days last
two days very warm and light drizzle
|
"DOLPHINESQUE
#2 "
Brew Moon, Saugus Mass, 1992
CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW
LARGER |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
Remake of the 1993 piece, one of my favorites: Neptune surging sixty
life-size dolphins on gale winds and a quarter moon.
Size: 14 tons, 28 feet high, 52
feet wide
Climate: Perfect very cold for
six days of sculpting
|
"ON
TOP OF THE WORLD"
First Night Boston 1992, Trinity Church Copley Place
CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW
LARGER |
|
 |
|
11 ton globe being held up by only the 11 inch circumference of the necks
or the evangelists. Sculpture was seriously vandalized the day before
First Night repair was not possible. Resulting in First Night security
around the clock for following years
Size: 100 blocks, 14 tons
Climate: cold perfect
|
"JOUSTING NIGHTS"
First Night, 1990 Boston, Trinity Church Copley Place
CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW
LARGER |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
An authentic keystone in archway, sculpture not completed
Size: 75 blocks, 37 feet high,
48 feet wide
Climate: 2 days bitter cold, 2
days hard rain in the 60’s
|
"TROIKA #1"
First Night, 1988 Boston, Frog Pond Boston Common
CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW
LARGER |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
Size: 50 blocks, 7 tons 16 feet
high 18 feet wide
Climate: Blinding two day
blizzard, drizzle on First Night
|
"SANTA
AND SLEIGH"
Vienna Hilton International, Vienna Austria 1988
CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW
LARGER |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
Ice made with ice cubes and water
Size: 10 tons
Climate: Very Cold
|
"DOWN
HILL RACER"
Quincy Market Competition, Quincy Market Place Boston, 1987
CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW
LARGER |
 |
|
Size: 10 block Sculpture
Climate: Bitter Cold 10 degrees
|
|
|
|
