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Crown of Ice

A crown of jagged ice spikes sculpted from hot glue and painted with colorshift pigment so they shimmer like real frost.

Madison Block

Madison Block

December 6, 2025

Crown of Ice

Translucent spikes rise from a sculpted hot-glue base, dusted with colorshift paint and encrusted with rhinestones and flatback pearls until the whole piece glows like something carved from a glacier. Madison Block builds each icicle over a plastic-wrap core, then assembles everything on a wire frame shaped to your head. A perfect “more is more” project where the decorating stage is the most addictive part.

Materials

  • Hot glue gun + glue sticks
  • Wire (thin and thick gauges)
  • Wire cutters
  • Plastic wrap
  • Mannequin head
  • Colorshift paint + brush
  • Rhinestones + flatback pearls
  • Wax pencil or tweezers

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