0909 & 0910
welding done, first bubbles are up! thanks to our great showing of volunteers, we got all the bubble hangers ready to hang.
laboring day
We painted the structure and assembled/wired the remaining bubble hangers. Next weekend we will hang all the bubbles (sans ballons).
10 days to go
Thanks to all the volunteers who spent their holiday weekend stringing eggs, assembling bubble hangers, erecting/moving scaffolding, painting, and much more. We made a ton of progress, including welding the first three arms on to the steel structure.
Pouring the foundation
working the graveyard shift – pouring concrete and eating cake for mike’s bday
Steel Structure
grinding, welding, and cutting – bubbles are cantilevered from the central structural element
More photos
Thanks to everyone who helped out this past weekend. We can’t fit them all on this site, but see more process photos at http://www.foxlin.com/gallery/bubbles.