What are the pros and cons of working in the cold?
Pros: Building muscle in my arms. Cons: Getting ice cream all over my arms. And breaking cones. Is cold necessarily a bad thing? No way, especially on a hot, hot day. Would you rather work with ice in Africa or play with fire in Antarctica? Fire in Antarctica. How do you thaw out at the end of the day? Put my feet up, take a dessert home and indulge. Do you like ice in your beverages? Yes. Do you use air conditioning? Yes. Do you know the lyrics to “Ice, Ice Baby”? Yes, I do unfortunately. Want me to sing it? Do you have a cold, cold heart? No, not at all. •Thomas Brown — ice sculptor extraordinaire thomasbrownaffair@gmail.com When Grocer’s Ice on Main Street threw out 300 pounds of ice one day, little did they know it would change artist Thomas Brown’s world. His studio was just a few blocks down. He confiscated the ice and began to carve away. “It’s like their chocolate got mixed up with my peanut butter,” he says. “I fell in love.” Since the spring of 2002, Thomas has been doing ins
