The last few weeks have been intense, with several major detours off the main course of the Flybrary build.
There was travel to various festivals in support of The Hand of Man in North West Alabama, a speedy weekend trip to a wedding in NYC, as well as attending and participating in a very inspiring local festival called Monolith on the Mesa that showcased some of Christian and my sculptures.
Turns out commitments keep piling up, whether you have a HUGE Burning Man project or not.
I have been doing everything I can to get ready for the next few months, including a rigorous dietary cleanse, which has helped me manage stress, made me feel great and given me a much needed energy boost as well.
Other than my computer not being able to run most of the programs needed to actually view the fancy 3D cad drawings, things are progressing. The computer thing is actually quite a problem but I am navigating those murky technological waters as well. I am retiring my 8 year old computer and starting a new.
A dear friend helped design the Flybrary Logo and bookmark (thanks Vlad). Schwag is near! These seem like small things, but they take time and vision and are a necessary step for a project like this.
As we live far from pretty much everything, (albeit one of the reasons we live here) after I received the final specs for the face structure I ordered materials and a week later started the build!
I have been using the well crafted cardboard model as my go to for angles and measurements and so far I have built the nose and forehead. See the green outline.
Next week I will have good help in the shop and things should really get up to speed.
I am looking for more help though, so if you have skills in the shop please let me know!
Once all the face panels are built, they get sheathed in plate steel and hung off the internal super structure.
From there it's interior builds and the book-birds and their trusses.
The Flybrary needs your books! I will write a dedicated post soon regarding books, but I will start by challenging you, my friends to give or send me your favorite book! Media mail is cheap and your book will be in the amazing FLYBRARY collection. Please send your book to: POB 658, El Prado, NM 87529, or drop them at SOMOS in Taos.
In the meantime I was invited to participate at Burning Man's Desert Arts Preview event in San Francisco, and since I can't be there in person my friend Filastine made a quick video for the presentation. I will post it on this blog after the Event, which is on June 2nd.
We have a saying in the shop and I have been abiding to it(somewhat reluctantly) for the past weeks, which is SLOW is FAST. It's true, one little calculation,angle, measurement wrong and it's a catastrophic domino effect. So it's going slow, but it's going well.
Thank you for your support, in whichever way it comes, I am very grateful!
There was travel to various festivals in support of The Hand of Man in North West Alabama, a speedy weekend trip to a wedding in NYC, as well as attending and participating in a very inspiring local festival called Monolith on the Mesa that showcased some of Christian and my sculptures.
Turns out commitments keep piling up, whether you have a HUGE Burning Man project or not.
I have been doing everything I can to get ready for the next few months, including a rigorous dietary cleanse, which has helped me manage stress, made me feel great and given me a much needed energy boost as well.
Other than my computer not being able to run most of the programs needed to actually view the fancy 3D cad drawings, things are progressing. The computer thing is actually quite a problem but I am navigating those murky technological waters as well. I am retiring my 8 year old computer and starting a new.
As we live far from pretty much everything, (albeit one of the reasons we live here) after I received the final specs for the face structure I ordered materials and a week later started the build!
I have been using the well crafted cardboard model as my go to for angles and measurements and so far I have built the nose and forehead. See the green outline.
Next week I will have good help in the shop and things should really get up to speed.
I am looking for more help though, so if you have skills in the shop please let me know!
Once all the face panels are built, they get sheathed in plate steel and hung off the internal super structure.
From there it's interior builds and the book-birds and their trusses.
The Flybrary needs your books! I will write a dedicated post soon regarding books, but I will start by challenging you, my friends to give or send me your favorite book! Media mail is cheap and your book will be in the amazing FLYBRARY collection. Please send your book to: POB 658, El Prado, NM 87529, or drop them at SOMOS in Taos.
In the meantime I was invited to participate at Burning Man's Desert Arts Preview event in San Francisco, and since I can't be there in person my friend Filastine made a quick video for the presentation. I will post it on this blog after the Event, which is on June 2nd.
We have a saying in the shop and I have been abiding to it(somewhat reluctantly) for the past weeks, which is SLOW is FAST. It's true, one little calculation,angle, measurement wrong and it's a catastrophic domino effect. So it's going slow, but it's going well.
Thank you for your support, in whichever way it comes, I am very grateful!
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