
Tree of Life Parade Float 2014
2nd Place Overall Winner
1st Place in Division
Thank you to Upper Room Arts students who helped create float!
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| "So what's with the DNA coming out of the tree?" see musings |
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| Thank you, Motorhead Automotive, for letting us keep the float in the garage before the parade (high winds the night before) |
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| Sabrina S., Zane F., and Kat S. helping stuff tissue in chicken wire |
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| My bestie:) |
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| Best husband ever |
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| Kat & Emma L. stuffing chicken wire |
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| Bridger loving the job (thankyou, Shannon Johnson, for the painted cardboard hearts) |
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| Emma L. adding paper mache over the foamboard |
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| Dark paint in grooves |
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| Emma L. |
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| Cutting grooves in foamboard for Cottonwood-like texture |
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| Rain Protection Valley Style |
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| Curved PVC pipe |
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| Heat box for forming PVC (thanks Tom Stein) |
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| Strength in the operation |
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| Rachet straps & Sauna tubes. Rebar core bolted to trailer (thanks Derek Alley) |
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| Extension cord added for lights |
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| Bending the rebar core |
2013 Christmas Stage Design @ NGA
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| Left stage backdrop (stained glass above- grafitti below) |






















