The marquee for the ride is a wonderful play on words - a visual pun. The name of the ride is Bug Whirled. The ride cars are giant ladybugs and they spin as they ride around the figure eight track. The feature is to be situated inside one of the ride loops. We decided go go with a mechanical ladybug theme with four bugs holding up the globe (whirled) and a fifth ladybug (in a tutu of course) doing a pirouette on top. This ladybug sculpt is nearing completion with only her fingers yet to do. All of these pieces will be perched on top of the giant drum which is in turn perched on top of a giant stump. We delivered those pieces a couple of weeks ago.
TEDx assembled
This afternoon I glued the TEDx letters onto the painted board backgrounds. It looked huge. But when it gets onstage I'll bet it looks a whole lot smaller! I'll post some pictures later this week of the logo installed.
TEDx display
Last year about this time I was honoured and privileged to give a TED TALK . It was very challenging but also a lot of fun. After last year's event I volunteered to make the stage presentation for this year's event. The design is strictly governed by the TED organization and so there was little wiggle room for us. But we could make the TEDx Chilliwack sign as large as needed for the stage. I measured up the stage a few weeks ago and it was large! We decided the sign could be twenty-four feet wide. I cut the letters this week and built the backdrop. This weekend i am painting the letters in preparation for final assembly and delivery this week. This section of the display measures eight feet wide. I'll post another photo as we finish assembly in the next couple of days.
