KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Put a chainsaw and a block of ice in the hands of an artist and the results can be chilling, as Sarah Cody of CNN affiliate WTIC found out in one Connecticut town.</s>SARAH CODY, WTIC REPORTER (voice-over): Two hours, not much time to carve a work of art. Twenty-two sculptors came together, all with different visions for their blocks of ice.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fireplace with logs and all the tools.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It is going to stand about maybe seven feet tall hopefully when it is finished.</s>AMANPOUR: A harp with a love bird on top, when I am all done with it.</s>CODY: It's a small-town tradition that draws a big crowd.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't think I could carve any ice like that, but it's neat that they can.</s>CODY (on camera): Three judges from the American Culinary Federation will choose the winner. They base their decision on technique, artistic design, and utilization of ice. They are judging both professionals and amateurs.</s>LEON ROBERGE, CONTEST JUDGE: Here they are all classified the same, and that is what they wanted. They like to compete against the big guys.</s>CODY (voice-over): But it was a professional that clinched the top spot. It didn't take for Bill Covitz's "Warrior" to loss a wing. But the satisfaction he gets from his work doesn't melt away with time.</s>BILL COVITZ, ICE SCULPTOR: In the freezer, it's you, a piece of ice, and your chainsaw, and you just get to create something that I think is, you know, a work of art and a people pleaser.</s>CODY: In Chester, Connecticut, I'm Sarah Cody for CNN.
Ice-Cold Art Carves a Niche in Connecticut