Musicians Are the Coolest

Especially if they play the sculpted ice instruments created by New Mexico-born Tim Linhart, who now lives and works in Sweden.

Linhart sculpts the plates that make up the different pieces of several instruments, then "glues" them together by using water that freezes in place. Actual music-making parts of the instruments, like strings and bridges and necks, are made of regular materials.

Playing them takes special care, as the body heat of the musician can make the instrument go out of tune or even fall apart. Each set of instruments is made for only one season, and Linhart makes another the next winter.