Ephemerisle art idea fleshed out

[mattbell]

Blurb:

For some, the Dandelions will be a metaphor for the spread of civilization and new ideas onto the ocean, a further diaspora of the human race.  For others, the Dandelions will be giant climbable floating koosh balls made from pool noodles, and the most important thing about them will be whether they can climb to the top of one without falling over.   Either way, having one or more of these Dandelions floating around in the middle of the swim area will add aesthetic and fun value to the Ephemerisle experience.

Here’s a quick mock-up showing the concepts for the 9 foot diameter and 13 foot diameter versions:

 

It turns out Dollar Tree sells 48" pool noodles for $1 each, which enables this project to be done for a relatively low price.

Comments

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

What are you gonna use to hold them together in the center?

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

Small black hole. Actually, I'm going to use some zip ties to very tightly friction-attach some rope to the ends of the noodles, and then I'm going to lock all of the rope tips together with a carabiner. I'll have one carabiner for each 1/8 portion of the sphere, and then all the 8 carabiners will lock together with a ninth carabiner. (This way I can break it down into 8 sections for easy transport)

[mary-wroth.livejournal.com]

I was going to ask this question. The rope/carabiner approach makes a lot of sense actually.

[badgerbag.livejournal.com]

Oh man I just thought. How about if we bring a lot of pool noodles prepped with rope loops and zip ties and carabiners, so that people can put them together all sorts of ways? Like floaty K'nex.

[badgerbag.livejournal.com]

good plan. i can't wait to try this! I might not wait to try it, in fact!

if you want to come try it at my boat, there are empty slips and no one would mind.

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

Hey... that would be useful. I might take you up on that. Are you going to Ephemerisle?

[badgerbag.livejournal.com]

Yes I am going - I have various ideas - and will blog them, although we likely won't have the energy or time to do them all. emailing...