ice carving secrets: about the author Dawson List

 

about the author (me)

notable

  1. 2008    started video icecasting, the first ice carving podcast
    2007    started ice carving secrets, the first ice carving blog
    2006    gator head sculpture featured in “All the King’s Men”
    2006    resumed providing sculptures for events in New Orleans
    2005    forced to evacuate New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina
    2004    2nd place Multi-block World IceArt Championships
                (with Junichi Nakamura, Shinichi Sawamura & Greg Butauski)
    2002    Olympic ice carving event, Provo, Utah
                (carved with teammate Vernon Barker)
    2000    4th place National Championships
    2000    earned People’s Choice award for “Bearer of the Universe”
                World Championships, Lulea, Sweden (with Eric Cantine)
    1999    Grand Champion; Ice Carving Classic (with Greg Butauski)
    1998    moved to New Orleans & restarted ice dragon
    1994    started ice dragon ice sculptures in Albuquerque, NM
    1989    carved first ice sculpture: “DAD” for Father’s Day brunch

  2. NICA Gold medalist
    ACF Gold medalist
    former member of NICA’s board of directors
    started and formerly served as webmaster of     www.nica.org



I’m 6’3”, slim build with brown hair and green eyes. I like long moonlight walks on the beach with that special...wait, sorry wrong “about me” entry!

Back to reality: the point of this page is to share a little bit about me and the extent of my ice carving experience.  I’ve been working as an ice sculptor full time for more than 11 years and Chef Victor Rede got me started carving ice over 19 years ago at a small Radisson Inn in Albuquerque, NM. Along the way, I’ve been fortunate enough to meet and learn from some of the world’s best ice sculptors, including Mark Daukas, Aaron Costic, Junichi Nakamura, Erik Cantine, and Dean Carlson (not a complete list.) I’ve tried to take in as much knowledge as I could and tried to incorporate my own ideas as well. For me, an added bonus of this site is that I am forced to reexamine my methods and seek out new ones; so I learn while I share information.

 

Dawson List:
the guy behind the ice and this site

working on an American eagle; check out more photos of the carving process