Ice sculptor Marc Entin Co-founder and head designer of Ice Bulb LLC Newport Beach
What you like best about being a designer: “We are creating things that people have not seen before.”
Move
over, ice swan on the buffet table. Marc Entin and his team at Ice Bulb
LLC craft entire rooms, full-size cars and life-size elephants – out of
ice. The company’s motto: “If you can imagine it, Ice Bulb can build
it.”
Raised in Fullerton (he still lives there today), Entin
graduated from Chapman University with a degree in business
communications and went to work for the world’s largest sports
entertainment company, Anschutz Entertainment Group, or AEG. He spent
eight years working in sales, sponsorship and business development for
AEG’s California operations, which took him to the ice, handling
accounts with the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks hockey teams.
In
2007, Entin co-founded Newport Beach-based Ice Bulb – a new-generation
ice company. As the head designer of Ice Bulb, Entin works with the
six-member creative team to design elaborate ice lounges, ice bars and
drink luges, in addition to sculptures, centerpieces and corporate
logos.
“Working with ice is definitely a new experience for a guy who grew up in Orange County,” he says.
The
designs are built to order in a freezer, some taking as long as six
hours to complete. And the design possibilities are limitless. Ice
Bulb’s most elaborate sculpture to date: two full-size autos for
Toyota. It took 10 hours to create.
And when he’s not carving up the ice, he’s either playing hockey on it or watching his favorite team, the Anaheim Ducks.
I believe that Marc Entin is a master in his field!!! His work is outstanding, creative and executed to perfection!!! He is also a delight to work with!!!
Linda Howard
Comment at 9/3/2009
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