Halloween 2013 – Secrets of the Orient in the Year of the Snake

Halloween 2013 – Secrets of the Orient in the Year of the Snake

The Invitation

The Plans

Elevations

Construction

Note: Construction took three and a half months and the help of 20 people! The entrance was down the driveway which was to become the Pool of a Thousand Candles-inspired by Mission Impossible III!

The walkway (The Bridge of the Dragons)

Making “roof tiles” out of 12’ long carpeting cardboard tubes cut in half and each 18” long!

Painting the sides of the Twin Pagodas of Nara!

Michelle, fine tuning!

Ken’s paper mache’d dragons

Up it goes!

Dee’s Chinese mural 16’ long and 5’ high!

Her very first time!!!

Floating paper candles-all 200 of them!!

Ken’s glass snake souvenirs -100 of them!

Building the Temple of the Serpents‌

‌and then putting up Dragon panels and the lights!

The Twin Pagodas, the Waterfall and the Pines coming together‌

Decorations inside the Imperial Palace and putting together 40 barstools!

And the FINAL product!

The Court of the Falling Waters and the Twin Pagodas of Nara

The Walkway of the Dragons through the Pool of a Thousand Candles!

The Teahouse of the August Moon… …and the Tori Gate of Ushijima

The backside of the “set”!

Looking north to the Twin Pagodas of Nara

Halloween Night