Boogie Pyramid work party #1
June/10/2007 Filed in: getting
ready | pyramid project
We've got the first wave of our materials for building the
Pyramid!
We've got the fabric for the main
structure. The cables are still on order and should be here within
the next week. We will be working this Sunday just outside of
Ferndale on Donna's farm (her family has got 118 acres that should
give us plenty of room to stretch out everything we've got going
on). All are welcome to come out and help out. Good things to
bring: gloves, basic hand tools like plyers & scissors, utility
knives, pocket knives. If anyone has any cable cutting tools and/or
grommet tools and/or rivet tools, they would be very appreciated
and useful. Even if just a couple of us show up for a couple hours
(or perhaps even less). Just to get some hands on work on this
thing I'm sure will be enough to get the ball rolling and help get
it built in a timely manner.
Today I've been experimenting a bit with rivits & grommets for the seams--both look very promising. I also picked up a bunch of string & twine we'll need for working. I'll gather my tools and be out there by noon. Luke will be coming down from B.C., I think Alex is planning on coming out, and Nils is for sure. If you feel like joining us, bring a rain jacket.
Cheers,
Erik
p.s. I reserved our truck to get our stuff to the Playa. It's a 15' box truck, the same kind we've used for Meltdown, Flight, & cabin Fever. For a 2 week rental (same price as 12 days), which gives us time for early arrival, packing, and most importantly unpacking without rushing. It will be:
$520 for the truck rental (+tax)
$.49/mi (ouch) X 1,550 miles roundtrip (aprox) = $759.50
150-200 gallons of gas @ $3-$4/gallon = $500-$775
Total: $1,900-$2,155 (aprox, depending on milage & gas prices)
The Next Day....
Let me be the first to report on a very successful first work party on the BU Pyramid. We had an outstanding crew come out to get things underway. Donna was kind enough to let us use her family's farmland where we had plenty of room to stretch out our huge materials. Huge thanks to Donna, David, Edub for coming all the way from Seattle, Luke for coming all the way from Vancouver by bus, Michael, Mitch, Nils, Alex, and hopefully I didn't forget anyone. Our productive crew figured out all of the logistics & geometry, and managed to assemble the first of four triangular panels. This thing is going to be bullet-proof, and look beautiful at the same time!
--Erik
Construction on the Boogie Pyramid has begun!
(Edub's report)
I was up there this weekend and spent yesterday afternoon beginning construction of the Boogie Pyramid. We completed one wall of the pyramid after about 4 hours of engineering on the fly. It was a collective effort with energy, ideas and math skills contributed by Luke, Nils, Erik, Michael, Alex, David, Donna - our hostess on whose farm we are erecting the Boogie Pyramid, Mitch and yours truly, Edub.
We were stoked to have a wide open field in which to unfold the 48'x14' foot former billboards. The most notable advertisement was from McDonalds. The tagline "I'm Lovin' It" was fitting for our work party, but the amusement of it quickly wore off and the ad was forever folded into the wall of the pyramid - thankfully never to be seen again. The weather cooperated pretty well and we were only rained on intermittently. Most of the time we remained dry.
Pop rivets were the assembly method of choice once we got the huge sheets of 20 mil vinyl lined up and laid out within the 52'x60'x52' pyramid wall template that we staked and strung out in the field. We were working within a 60'x60' square that we also staked out in the field. Looking across it became clear that there would be plenty of room inside for a live Boogie Universal Higher Vibrations session or funk party. The template is now set for fabricating the other three walls of the pyramid. That work should go much faster now that we know how it all lays out.
The next work party is scheduled for Friday evening at 5. Bring a sharp pair of scissors, some gloves and some herbs to bless the spot. The vibe was positive and I was stoked on the free flow of ideas and the way that they manifested in to what we created that day. The creative collaboration among the Burning Man Boogie Universal Arts Collective crew is building momentum and ideas are becoming reality. Soon will rise the Boogie Pyramid. Prepare yourselves.
"This is so exactly like the Egyptians!" - Erik
~ Edub
More pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/destinationburningman_dot_com/
Today I've been experimenting a bit with rivits & grommets for the seams--both look very promising. I also picked up a bunch of string & twine we'll need for working. I'll gather my tools and be out there by noon. Luke will be coming down from B.C., I think Alex is planning on coming out, and Nils is for sure. If you feel like joining us, bring a rain jacket.
Cheers,
Erik
p.s. I reserved our truck to get our stuff to the Playa. It's a 15' box truck, the same kind we've used for Meltdown, Flight, & cabin Fever. For a 2 week rental (same price as 12 days), which gives us time for early arrival, packing, and most importantly unpacking without rushing. It will be:
$520 for the truck rental (+tax)
$.49/mi (ouch) X 1,550 miles roundtrip (aprox) = $759.50
150-200 gallons of gas @ $3-$4/gallon = $500-$775
Total: $1,900-$2,155 (aprox, depending on milage & gas prices)
The Next Day....
Let me be the first to report on a very successful first work party on the BU Pyramid. We had an outstanding crew come out to get things underway. Donna was kind enough to let us use her family's farmland where we had plenty of room to stretch out our huge materials. Huge thanks to Donna, David, Edub for coming all the way from Seattle, Luke for coming all the way from Vancouver by bus, Michael, Mitch, Nils, Alex, and hopefully I didn't forget anyone. Our productive crew figured out all of the logistics & geometry, and managed to assemble the first of four triangular panels. This thing is going to be bullet-proof, and look beautiful at the same time!
--Erik
Construction on the Boogie Pyramid has begun!
(Edub's report)
I was up there this weekend and spent yesterday afternoon beginning construction of the Boogie Pyramid. We completed one wall of the pyramid after about 4 hours of engineering on the fly. It was a collective effort with energy, ideas and math skills contributed by Luke, Nils, Erik, Michael, Alex, David, Donna - our hostess on whose farm we are erecting the Boogie Pyramid, Mitch and yours truly, Edub.
We were stoked to have a wide open field in which to unfold the 48'x14' foot former billboards. The most notable advertisement was from McDonalds. The tagline "I'm Lovin' It" was fitting for our work party, but the amusement of it quickly wore off and the ad was forever folded into the wall of the pyramid - thankfully never to be seen again. The weather cooperated pretty well and we were only rained on intermittently. Most of the time we remained dry.
Pop rivets were the assembly method of choice once we got the huge sheets of 20 mil vinyl lined up and laid out within the 52'x60'x52' pyramid wall template that we staked and strung out in the field. We were working within a 60'x60' square that we also staked out in the field. Looking across it became clear that there would be plenty of room inside for a live Boogie Universal Higher Vibrations session or funk party. The template is now set for fabricating the other three walls of the pyramid. That work should go much faster now that we know how it all lays out.
The next work party is scheduled for Friday evening at 5. Bring a sharp pair of scissors, some gloves and some herbs to bless the spot. The vibe was positive and I was stoked on the free flow of ideas and the way that they manifested in to what we created that day. The creative collaboration among the Burning Man Boogie Universal Arts Collective crew is building momentum and ideas are becoming reality. Soon will rise the Boogie Pyramid. Prepare yourselves.
"This is so exactly like the Egyptians!" - Erik
~ Edub
More pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/destinationburningman_dot_com/
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