Ice Follies 2006

Frank Kools, Legacy, 2006

Materials: Purpose-built ice hut, core-last, wood, flags, Plexiglas, and Styrofoam

Frank Kools created an “Ice Carousel” for Ice Follies, 2006. This working kid’s carousel featured fish-shaped windows, flags, ornaments, and a beautifully painted ceiling inside. Once the “rider” went inside the hut, the “cranker” turned a wooden handle to start the carousel rotating gently. The piece echoes two conventional carousels that mark the North Bay waterfront in the summertime.

Artist Bio:

Married to Lee Kools, marketing manager for the Capitol Centre in North Bay and living in Callander with his two children, Frank Kools is a mechanic/engineer/inventor who has not shown his work in an art gallery before Ice Follies, 2006. He has owned his own automobile repair shop in North Bay for many years and has recently sold the business to go into private contracting. Frank has also worked for many years on theatrical sets and props for Toros Theatre company and many others. He also taught the robotics team at Chippewa High School for many years and helped them to build their award-winning robotics.