Five Pillars
Gallery of Construction



June 13, 2000: Firetown planning meeting
February 28, 2000: Kiki and Scott visit Joey


Firetown planning meeting
June 13, 2000

The theme camp Firetown had a
planning meeting, but since they will be camping with the Burning Band,
Joey showed up to show off his latest!

He had only one Pillar with him, though all the parts are made for the others
already. He set up to do a check with the new improvements he had!



Photos by Kiki.
Kiki snapped some pics for Joey. Filled up her whole card!
There's a lot of movies here, but most of them are really worth it!
If you have a slow connection, try the full_short.avi below. It's small.

Here's the setup
setup.jpg
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Joey's fuel regulator
fuel_regulator.jpg
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''It's explosion-proof'' he says! :)
fuel_tank.jpg
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Filling the tube first
Joey_fills_up.jpg
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Shimming the support to make it level
shimming.jpg
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Joey struggled with hose kink
kink.jpg
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See the swirls!
swirls.jpg
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See the flames twist down the side!
twist1.jpg
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Movies

A longer take from the side
full_long.avi
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A short one -- for slow modems!
full_short.avi
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The bashful papa!
Joey_and_pillar1.avi
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A view from the side
side1.avi
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A view from the side
side2.avi
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The water magnifies the flames!
closeup1.avi
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The water magnifies the flames!
closeup2.avi
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The flames are brighter at the top
closeup_top.avi
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Looking into the wind swirls
into_wind.avi
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Flames devils go sideways on the Pillars
flame_devil.avi
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Closeup view of the flame devil
flame_devil_closeup.avi
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More pics

''Daylight'' white balance doesn't show the blue well
daylight1.jpg
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''Daylight'' white balance doesn't show the blue well
daylight2.jpg
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''Daylight'' white balance doesn't show the blue well
daylight3.jpg
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''Daylight'' white balance doesn't show the blue well
daylight4.jpg
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''Daylight'' white balance doesn't show the blue well
daylight5.jpg
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''Daylight'' white balance doesn't show the blue well
daylight_close.jpg
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Kinda cool perspective
from_top1.jpg
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Here's with the colors in the middle more
from_top2.jpg
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The bashful papa!
Joey_and_pillar1.jpg
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The happy, excited papa! :)
Joey_and_pillar2.jpg
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Joey looks at his creation
Joey_and_pillar3.jpg
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Lit up
lit1.jpg
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Lit up
lit2.jpg
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Lit up
lit3.jpg
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Lit up
lit4.jpg
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Lit up
lit5.jpg
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Lit up
lit6.jpg
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Lit up
lit7.jpg
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The firefall has a ''good hair day''! :)
hairdo.jpg
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Kiki and Scott visit Joey
February 28, 2000

Scott and I went to visit Joey for an evening of fire!



Photos by Kiki.
I snapped some rather shakey pics in the low light to capture this historic moment!

Joey sets up the bottom bowl
bottom.jpg
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Filling up the fountain with water
filling_up.jpg
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First lighting of the first Pillar!
first_light.jpg
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Flames spill over the edge!
flames1.jpg
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This pic is broken... :(
flames2.jpg
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Here's a picture of how dangerous we can be! oops! :)
fueltank.jpg
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