Plymouth Ice Festival
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His 28 years of ice carving have
greatly enhanced Aaron Costic's skills
and circle of professional assignments,
but he still has a sentimental attach-
ment to Plymouth, where he started
his professional career. He will return
to Plymouth during the Ice Festival
this year, along with his team of five or
six carvers, all part of a close-knit com-
munity.
“We're definitely a fraternal group,”
said Costic, who lives in Broadview
Heights, Ohio, in the Cleveland-Akron
area. “Definite sharing of ideas.” As
they compete, carvers also share tools,
he said.
The owner of Elegant Ice Creations,
Costic has traveled the world creating
ice sculptures for competitions and
special events.
“We did the ice for the Prince of
Monaco's wedding,” he said. His team
saw the yachts and high-end autos on
that assignment with the royal recep-
tion at theMonteCarlo casino.
The Prince of Monaco married a
woman from South Africa, so the cou-
ple chose African animal sculptures
for their wedding: a lion, elephant,
giraffe, cheetah, and impala.
Costic, 46, has been a Plymouth
showregular formany years, he said.
He started with plans to be a chef in
his University of Akron culinary stud-
ies, but was quickly drawn to ice carv-
Julie Brown
Special Writer
Coming home
Professional carver’s career began at festival
