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Burning Man 2016 images

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3 up

All the fabric butterflies have their fabric cut out and set up and neatly packed away ready for transport.

We have attached three butterflies (including the giant one) to the truck. Everything is progress in according to plan. Yeah!!

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4 nights until 4am

This is our circus. And yes… these are our monkeys!

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To-Do List 08-15-16

Butterfly Wings

Giant ​-Cut and attach fabric ​-Sew in velcro

Large 1 ​-Cut and attach fabric for second wing ​-Sew in velcro

Large 2 ​-Cut and attach fabric both wings – Sew in velcro

2 Eyed 1 ​-Try to remove resin drips!

2 Eyed 2 ​-Cut, bend, weld pieces of steel for frames ​-Clean and …

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Haulin’

Soooooo many people have been helping out!

Sean E Love, Arseniy, Elina, Seva, Wendy, Mikey S, Jessie, Michael K, Jammone, Gerald…

We are really moving on the art now. Good Times™

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Welding lessons

King Asa, Seva and Arseniy all received welding lessons tonight. They did so well, we moved them right into making the brackets to secure the butterflies to the truck. Great work by all.

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To Do List 8/8/16

Butterfly Wings

Giant ​-Cut and attach fabric

Large 1 ​-Cut and attach fabric

Large 2 ​-Cut and attach fabric

2 Eyed 1 ​-Glue copper pieces into circles and eyes ​-Clear coat

2 Eyed 2 ​-Cut, bend, weld pieces of steel for frames ​-Clean and paint metal ​-Cut copper pieces (opposite of 2 Eyed 1) ​-Patina …

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Steady working

The crew is ramping up production and completing tasks! Mike, Kenny, and Gerry have been putting in long hours. Charles and Jammone just joined and learned how to bend, grind, cut and even weld metal tubing! Yeah!

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To-Do List – 07-12-16

Butterflies

– Cut out the brass butterfly

– Braze brass butterfly to the wings

– Cut all the copper circles

– Cut the “eye shapes” (4) out of copper with the snips

– Glue copper to circles/eyes

– Weld an extra small piece onto the small wing that is not long enough

– Design the …

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June progress

We covered a lot of ground in June. Yeah!

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