Dragonfly Mating Ritual - Burning Man Honorarium 2017

A project in Black Rock City, NV by Rocky Mountain High Flyers Guild
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40' tall and 50' in diameter of floating, turning, glowing heart-shaped mating dragonflies. An climbable, interactive work of art!
Backers: 41
Average Pledge Per Backer: $74

Funded: $3,034 of $12,000
Dates: Jun 22nd -> Aug 21st (60 days)
Project By: Rocky Mountain High Flyers Guild
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Latest News

Progress Report 4: The Dragonflies at the End of this Post

July 26th - via: kickstarter.com
(Apologies to Grover...) Slightly over halfway through our fundraising period, and we’re now just under 20% funded. That’s a great start, but we obviously have a long way to go. We’ve added a few new rewards and adjusted the value of some of... (Read More)

Upcoming Events

July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
If you're interesting in seeing a preview of The Dragonfly Mating Ritual in person, we have a couple of events coming up here in Colorado - and we've also got some special guests for an event at Burning Man itself. Saturday, July 29th: Loveland... (Read More)

Progress Report 3: More Dragonflies In Progress

July 17th - via: kickstarter.com
We're making steady progress on our funding goals - $1900 so far, and picking up steam.  We greatly appreciate all of you who have donated in any amount, as well as those of you who have shared our project with your friends in person or on social... (Read More)

The Divine Miss Katie and the promises we've made

July 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
We featured a number of members of the team in our video, and some in our previous progress reports.  Unfortunately, it seems we left out one of the most important.  Meet our beloved Miss Katie - companion, mascot, lap-warmer, kitchen clean-up... (Read More)

Progress Report 2: Metal to the Petals!

June 29th - via: kickstarter.com
During the day, the stars of our show are our thirty pairs of mating dragonflies, created in a variety of media by a number of different artists.  Here's a sneak preview of one of Barry's interpretations: Those are some big dragonflies! At night,... (Read More)

The story behind the "Love Note" reward...

June 28th - via: kickstarter.com
One of the rewards you'll see on our fundraiser is the "Love Note" - a personalized message of love, etched on a brass plaque, and (optionally) permanently attached to the sculpture. As it happens, these aren't just a random thing we thought of -... (Read More)

Progress report: The flowerpot and stem are finished!

June 28th - via: kickstarter.com
If you've watched our video, then you've seen the 3D rendering of the completed sculpture - flowerpot, stem, and the rotating blossom and dragonfly mobiles. That vision is well on it's way to becoming reality.  Here are a few pictures of the main... (Read More)

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