Lucy!
"Lucy" is the latest SkyDyes creation. The fabric was dyed in Albuquerque NM in Dec '04 / Jan '05. Quite a project!
 This is - more or less -what she should look like. |
 Here we are, preparing to spiral the panels... |
 The crew - Mike Olmi, Mark McEuen, and Jason Fischer, spiralling away. |
 A perfect spiral. This will become the parachute top of the balloon. |
 This is the parachute from below, hanging on the clothesline to dry. |
 Mixing the dye |
 Jason Fischer and Patrick Nordstrum "stirring the soup". |
 Tiedyeing away, while Lela the great dane keeps us company. |
 A freshly rinsed panel, hanging up to dry. |
 A pile of dyed panels on the sofa in Jonathan Wolfe's home. |
 Laying out the panels to see how the diamonds will connect. |
 Laying out the panels in the park. |
 Laying out the panels in the park. |
 Laying out the panels in the park. |
 Drying some of the smaller panels that will encircle the mouth of the balloon. |
 Laying out the entire row of huge spirals. Alas, the camera lens is'nt wide enough to see the whole picture. |
 Looking at the laid out panels from atop a hill in the park. |
 A close up of the beautiful intricate details in the tiedye. |