ice scuplture

Ice scuplture. no, really. But not so much like sculptures of pigs or carousels or the like. I'm thinking of ice as more of an engineered material.

I found this photo (i'd love to just post it, but this blogger software will NOT let me put a photo up.must. make. workaround)

its some frost on a chicken wire mesh and all the ice has been blown horizontally, awesome shot.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54788032@N00/1141279468/

I am trying to address the operating costs of a greenhouse by creating a still air-pocket around it. I am thinking that cast ice components may be able to shape winds away from structures and toward generators. These may be viable structures for 8 months of the year in places.

Is it very windy where you are?
Is there anything done, structurally, to create windbreaks?

This might also be useful in places other than immediately around a greenhouse, like maybe in a common space. And there is a lot of opportunity for weird forms. Weird like cellular creatures and diatoms and pinecone-like things.

I had a sculpture teacher who taught a workshop to kids in Prince George, BC. Some mix-up in the planning stages had him arrive with absolutely no supplies, so he taught the kids how to cast ice into ice-molds (using a plastic bag in between). I am no expert, not nearly enough to teach anyone, and I don't know I could set this up but...

a challenge.
the highest temperature inside a structure, the most energy generated off of the surface, the least cost of materials and the best looking form.

I'd like to see that! I'd like to do that!