Thanks for the insight BRC! Since I will likely design this for use at the beach as well as elsewhere, your oceanfront dream CAN be a reality. The idea of texture around the edges is fantastic, I'll definitely use that. Tell me about these lighters you can work with your foot. I am curious about it...

Hi all you fire twirlers out there! I am designing a stage right now for fire performance. I have a 100sq ft space limitation and need to use lightweight and portable materials, but other than that the design is open. As a fire performer, what would your dream stage be? Would you want/need music? W...

I dont know where our camp will be yet, but we'd be happy to provide you with a writing wall if you'd like one. Just let us know (email please) what sort of thing you have in mind and we'll see what we can do about working it into the structures of the camp. :D You'd be welcome to join us for the d...

It's a great idea! I dont know about the sanitary logistics but the idea is terrific. I have a couple of ideas for Bush jokes for our camp too. Methinks we might see quite a few of them on the Playa this year.

Hi Burning Community! I am trying to find a black metallic self-adhesive tape or film that will stick to basswood. I am sure I've seen it somewhere, and think that maybe Chartpack makes a tape similar to scotchtape for gift wrapping. Do any of you know if such a thing really exists, and if so where...

Emily, that is utterly brilliant! There is a carpet warehouse right near me I will have to visit now.... For those of you trying Craigslist.org and freecycle, I have had great luck there. Some wonderful person on this forum gave me the link to California Materials Exchange too (http://www.ciwmb.ca....

Oohooh! The interrogation squad is right up my alley. First I'll visit the breasty camp to be appropriately smothered in boobies (I'm too shy to show mine - they are real, maybe if they werent I'd wanna show them off), then I'll express my excitement by brutally interrogating whomever is nearby. Th...

Doug, Crypto's idea to look online for chainmail stuff is a good one, but I'll be sure to ask my Dad too. He promised me he'd tell me his "secrets". Since he's in South Africa it might take a while (airmail takes 2 weeks these days) so keep watching this topic periodically. I'll post what I hear fr...

OH!!! Reading Crypto's note about the fusible webbing reminded me! I have used the iron-on fusible tape (heavy duty for upholstery) with great success on various homemade costumes. I have NOT had good success with the myriad fabric glues out there, especially the ones that ostensibly stretch. In so...

Hello Othereye, I love your ideas! I may be able to get you detailed info on how to make your own chainmail from things like beer bottle tops and paperclips if you're interested. My dad is a fashion designer and teaches a course in bizarre stuff like that. I am also a halloween freak so I went thro...

Thanks for the tips Fireweed and Mamagrrl. I'll definitely keep the stuff about turbines in mind. I havent seen one in person that I know of (not wind-driven anyway) so my point of reference is a textbook. Solar is really fascinating but I know its way expensive, and you can see the reaction in thi...

Chai, you ARE stalking me! And I am trying to find funding for the camp but not from the general public or from people here. It says clearly, I am talking to local firms, and also to my school. The person who posted the thread you took the quote from was looking for a camp to join and I thought we ...

Good hearted suggestion: scale your ideas back to what you can afford to do on your own. Your current tack puts you in a time-honored position of setting yourselves up to spend more time flailing with the struggle of pulling off what you have heard you're "supposed" to do out there than getting out...

Hi All! I am a student and have a project right now to design a temporary, mobile structure for a performance artist. The structure would theoretically be on the beach and has to be designed to suit the needs of the artist. Anyone willing to spend a bit of time chatting about your wishes and needs,...

Hello Mr. Fixit! I heard about your cause through Mister Jellyfish. I'd like to help if I can. I'd definitely be willing to be a transporter with an art car during the burn but also would like info on how to get wheelchair parts to you from San Diego if I can get any? Lemme know and I'll get on it!...

*choke* My mutant vehicle name is TUBBY! NOOOOOO..... How does one get involved with Mr. Fixit's assisting of those who need it? I would be interested in volunteering some time. Working with the disabled is one of the areas I want to specialise in (architecture --> retrofitting buildings). And sinc...

Combine the arts and the humanities... let them COME together (preferably not in the dome of inflatable dolls)... Cant we all just get along? :lol: And in clarification, I had no intention of trying to build the bouncy house. It seems like it's hard enough to find one that can take the weight of le...

It did occur to me that some people would climb 30 feet to see a flying burning bouncy house... I have vertigo so its sometimes hard for me to imagine voluntarily doing such a thing.... Last Real Burner: Will there be interacitive stuff in the bouncy? The bouncing is the interactive part(?). It wou...

I love the smily face Bob. I also liked this one: http://photos1.blogger.com/img/289/3147/200/spacepillow1.jpg It reminds me of a hotdog! (?) Obviously these things would have to be anchored so as to avoid being mistaken for a UFO. That could start all kinds of stories about what goes on at BM. :sh...

Bob, you thought the entire concept for the camp was a rented bouncy house? That is really rather sad. It was an idea for an added bit of fun for the camp, not the foundation of the entire thing! And it wouldnt be rented, I would have to aquire it some other way. The rest of the camp is being desig...

How on earth did I manage to miss the bouncy bouncy club?! I am glad to hear that someone else has managed to have one of those things out there. :shock: I dont particularly care whether the bouncy thing makes it home in one functioning piece or not. It seems to me that taking precious things you w...