Chainsaw Voyeur wrote:Count me in as well. I'll make sure the gallery is amazing this year. I'm available a few days before & after the burn as well, to help build and/or tear down as necessary.

Let me know what I can do to help.

Send me some email at flamethrower @ matisse . net

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I would LOVE to get involved in this! I'm based in London where I am on the crew of a flame throwin' firetruck. Excellent! Can you send me an email, and include your phone number, to flamethrower@matisse.net ? I'll get back to you to set a time to discuss details. If by any chance you use AOL Insta...

So we're closing in on getting our crew together - we have about 115 work slots to fill, and currently have commitments for 48 of them. So, if you or someone you know would like to help run the Flamethrower Shooting Gallery then please have a look at our Participation page and perhaps pass on the UR...

Last year I was part of the team that presented the Flamethrower Shooting Gallery - which involves four small liquid-fuel flamethrowers. Wind was definitely a factor and this year we plan to add some wind-screens to reduce our exposure at least in lighter winds. The whole idea of being able to produ...

... I want to be a part of the reason people wack themselves in the head and say - "damn, you mean THAT was out there and I didn't get to see it." Yeah. Every year I've been to the event (8 times now) I've been one of the head-whackers. After the first year I did accept that i just could not possib...

Some photos from last night's Mardi Gras Ball:

Hey there - got your email and replied.
Happy to have you on board.

... I'm planning to build it in my shop so it can be broken down to 7 pieces and bolted together on site and covered in mud. On Sunday I (and any crew I can find) will attack the mud with hammers and dissemble the structure and bring it back in the same trailer I'm bringing it in. That sounds like ...

... I'm still trying to figure out how much water will be required. See if you can contact Mardi Storm: http://www.mardistorm.com/ (she made the unicorn mentioned above) and ask her about the water/dust ratio. When dry the dust is the consistency of talcum powder or cement. You won't need much wate...

I played trombone in college and am DYING to be a part of any burning man marching bands that are out there. can anyone tell me/link me to any info on any already formed BMMBs (burning man marching band) Well, you certainly should learn about the Extra Action Marching Band. The used to come to the ...

Well, the Flamethrower Shooting Gallery is looking for Range Safety Officers and other crew: http://www.matisse.net/flamethrower/participate.html

klondike_bar wrote:may i suggest that the 'turrets" at affixed VERY well, and only allowed to pivot within a small angle?

Safety third! Did you see it last year? The flamethrowers are chained to the shooting table.

Back in 2003 I gessoed a 10 x 15 foot canvas drop cloth from a paint store, and mounted it on a frame, and my sweetie painted it on the playa (we hung it on the side of a 24' truck) - the paint held up fine. She used house paint. In other years since we have made a series of canvs walls around our c...

I also immediately thought of the unicorn from 2005. I watched the artist work on that piece and she used a bucket of mud and her hands. The armature , I think, was expanded metal lath, such as is used for stucco. Here is an earth building using it on the roof is a manner very similar to what you wa...

From 2001.

Last year (2008) the Flamethrower Shooting Gallery helped over 200 participants play with fire in spectacular, hands-on fashion. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/2666355584_5bff54f69d.jpg [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFNFiPQ7WaA[/youtube] This year we want to enable even more people to...