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