ice carving secrets: Kokopelli design
ice carving secrets: Kokopelli design
You might ask, “What the heck is a Kokopelli?” If you’ve been in the Southwestern U.S., you likely know and you’ve probably seen one (not a live one...). Kokopelli is a fertility god that’s long been associated with Native American culture in the Southwestern United States. Various versions of Kokopelli appear in everything from petroglyphs (very old rock art) to modern art and Kokopelli has been adopted by countless southwestern business ventures that appreciate the catchy name and simple graphic. For more about Kokopelli, check out Wikipedia’s entry.
This is a half block sculpture, cut from a 40”x20”x4-5” inch slab. The main figure is attached to the base for stability and the black area in the template below represents snowfilling.
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The red sections in the graphic above should be cut all the way through to enhance the silhouette of the piece.

Above, an alternative, and more accurate way to represent the snowfilled sculpture on paper
Kokopelli design
2/10/08
Because Kokopelli usually appears to be playing a flute, he’s become associated with music (among many other things)