Aurora The Willow
A project in San Francisco, CA by Charlie Gadeken000days
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Aurora is a giant Weeping Willow tree, made from steel and copper, and illuminated by thousands of LEDs that cycle thru seasonal colors
Backers: 103
Average Pledge Per Backer: $101
Funded: $10,395 of $10,000
Dates: Jun 28th -> Aug 12th (45 days)
Project By: Charlie Gadeken
Backers: 103
Average Pledge Per Backer: $101
Funded: $10,395 of $10,000
Dates: Jun 28th -> Aug 12th (45 days)
Project By: Charlie Gadeken
$10,395
current pledge level
Last Updated: January 9 @ 15:50 -0500 GMT
103%
of goal
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Latest News
Aurora comes to Palo Alto - VIP Event! 
November 12th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
The Aurora Crew thanks you
September 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Here is most of the crew on Sunday pre-event. Yes, those are Charlie's birthday brownies. On behalf of everyone involved in designing, building, and constructing Aurora on the playa, thank you for your support in helping to make this piece happen! We... (Read More)
Aurora at Burning Man 2011
September 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We are all delighted with how Aurora turned out, in no small part due to your help... (Read More)
Eye protection is important in a leaf stampede
September 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Helyx demonstrates the correct method of applying Kickstarter-Backer initials onto Aurora leaves. All Backer initials were present and accounted for on the playa! Thanks! (Read More)
Strippin and crimpin al fresco
August 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Epic Saturday at the Box Shop: Aurora, Tympani Lambada, reOnion, and the Fist projects were in full effect. The solder was flying as the Aurora LED Crew prepped 220 RGB LED strips. The Leaf Crew was busy attaching 4,200 handmade copper leaves onto... (Read More)
Success!
August 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you! Thank You!! THANK YOU!!! We reached our funding goal and cannot thank you enough. We can still accept donations so please help us get the word out. Aurora grows taller everyday and is about to bust thru the ceiling at the Box Shop. The... (Read More)
Crossing the Rubicon
July 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello All~ Thank you for your support on this project. We have officially entered Crunch Mode, a term near and dear to most creative projects, perhaps you've heard of it? All the months of planning are coming into focus as we enter the main build... (Read More)
RGB LED strips: signed, sealed, delivered
July 17th - via: kickstarter.com
THANK YOU for your support! We are almost 2/3rds of the way there. We tested 700 meters of newly-arrived LED strips - they ALL worked. Aurora incorporates 15,000 RGB LEDs on 200 branches. Each branch is individually addressable. What does that mean?... (Read More)
4,444 copper leaves
July 9th - via: kickstarter.com
We have finished the leaves here is what 4,444 copper leaves look like! thank you to everyone for our support. (Read More)
Tree base and over 4,000 copper leaves complete
July 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to the team we have completed 4,444 plasma-cut & hand-shaped copper leaves: each one is unique with spine and veins. The tree base is complete: 14 intertwined bent-steel tubes on a steel platform. Oh, and we crossed the first $1,000 in... (Read More)
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