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Category Archives: Artwork and Inventions

The Raygun Gothic Rocketship @ Pier 14, SF

Check out this fantastic photo of the Rocketship at Pier 14 in SF by John C Maffei Apogee Photography

2011 Burning Man images by NK Guy

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The Steampunk Tree House featured on AOL Real Estate

Artist Sean Orlando says that one of the primary benefits of his ultrahip tree  house is “you can see your enemies coming from a mile away.” Designed in 2007 as an art installation for the Burning Man festival in  Black Rock City, Nev., the home and 40-foot metal tree it sits in were  created almost [...]

Meeting at the Raygun Gothic Rocketship

SF Photoblog post by Scott Hess I’m walking along the waterfront and the energy is powerful, fresh and uplifting.  The images and happenings flowing by me now feel like the whole world is lifting off in joyous flight. The Raygun Gothic Rocketship from the 2009 Burning Man festival has landed in a prime spot near [...]

Great little video montage of the Raygun Gothic Rocketship installation on Pier 14 by “The Other Martin Taylor”

Time-Lapse of the Steampunk Tree House installation at Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, DE.

Here’s a great time lapse of the SPTH installation Dogfish. Click here to check out the Tree House page on the Dogfish website

Mayor Unveils Monumental Raygun Gothic Rocketship Sculpture

See the full post on the official SF Gov Site San Francisco, CA—Mayor Gavin Newsom today joined the Black Rock Arts Foundation (BRAF) and the Port of San Francisco to celebrate the unveiling of Raygun Gothic Rocketship, a 40-foot-tall sculpture created by a team of Bay Area artists lead by Sean Orlando, Nathaniel Taylor, and [...]

Civic Center: Back to the Future with Raygun Gothic Rocketship

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 Back to the Future with Raygun Gothic Rocketship Next door to the Amtrak train station on the San Francisco waterfront, a 40-foot retro rocket sculpture has been created by Five Ton Crane, a group of Burning Man associated artists for a year-long installation, and it’s stunningly playful. The artists Sean Orlando, [...]

Join the RGR and 5TC Crew for a very special “Landing” party- Friday, August 6 @ 3:00 pm on Pier 14 in SF

San Francisco, August 6, 2010 – The Black Rock Arts Foundation (BRAF) and the Port of San Francisco will celebrate the opening on August 6th at 3:00 PM at Pier 14, of an iconic, large-scale sculpture created by a team of Bay Area artists lead by Sean Orlando, Nathaniel Taylor, and David Shulman. This 40-foot-tall artwork, the [...]

The Steampunk Tree House has been successfully transplanted in Delaware at Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

The Tree House install crew just spent an incredible 2 weeks in Delaware permanently installing our first large-scale group installation project. So many people contributed to the creation of this one of a kind sculpture. The Steampunk Tree House project was also the origin and catalyst that first brought together the Five Ton Crane Arts [...]