Over 8 years during our winters I worked as a sculptor and primary technical support of a burgeoning fire festival on the island of Stromboli.
A short documentry was made about this and is available on Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/46655964
A short documentry was made about this and is available on Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/46655964
I built a variety of LPG fueled fire sculptures to fit each years theme.
I designed and built this stainless steel geodesic dome to act as an aerial rig
This was one of the most rewarding sculptures I built. It has a fully functioning 3 tier fluid union to distribute LPG to the arms of the "clock" all other parts of the mechanism where salvaged from scrap yards on the island. I used parts from bicycles motorbikes, boat winches, and the iconic ape 50cc.
A visiting Dunedin artist Rohana Weaver and I collaborated on this fire-breathing tiger.
Most recently Bianca Beebe and myself built this fire version of the Spanish-web where she hung suspended from the flaming rope doing aerial poses while spun so that the centrifugal force held the rope away from her body. Look out for version 2.0 of this rig!
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