The ice base for the project was started on Tuesday and is hoped to be finished in time for Winter Carnival.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 8:29 a.m.
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HOUGHTON -- Two southern artists who plan to freeze a Chevy Nova in front of the library at Michigan Tech, started pouring the ice base on Tuesday.
Sue Wrbican from George Madison University and Mary Carothers from the University of Louisville say the Nova was one of the last cars built in the late '70s, before fuel efficiency was considered.
The shop class from Hancock High School built a form they'll pour water into, forming a giant ice cube around the car.
The women like to involve the community in their artwork, and the Hancock students will freeze a few inches each day. They hope to be finished in time for Winter Carnival.
"We're going to keep on putting layers of ice, water, and it's going to keep on building up. And we're going to keep on moving the form up until it's built," stated Blake Erickson of Hancock High School.
Once the ice is 18 inches thick, the artists plan to lower the Nova onto it.
