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Category Archives: The Interesting and The Curious

New Rocketship photos at Pier 14, SF by Richard Pechner

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Raygun Gothic Rocketship inspirations

We create these large-scale immersion based installations in part because we hope, in some small way, to inspire people to create, dream and invent… to help generate a little spark of the imagination and to grease the wheels of ingenuity. The Raygun Gothic Rocketship is a symbol of a future that never happened, and idea [...]

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

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 [...]

The Steampunk Tree House successfully installed at Dogfish Head Brewery in Milton, DE

The Tree House install crew has been working feverishly for a week in 90 degree heat with 100% humidity… and having a great time! It’s great to see all the pieces back together again… Click here for the official press release.

Help Plant a Tree House

The Five Ton Crane Arts Group proudly announces…! the historic, permanent installation of…! the beloved Steampunk Tree House! Click here for more info This iconic, fully immersive work of art was the first epic creation by the Oakland based arts group Five Ton Crane. First exhibited at the 2007 Burning Man festival in Nevada, it went [...]

New kinetic sculpture: The Entomological Dangler finished…

Just in time for the March 2010 First Friday Five Ton Crane group art show. Opening night was a huge success! Thank you everyone for coming out. The Dangler is currently on display at the Warehouse 416 Gallery. Gallery Hours: Thursday & Friday March 11th, 12th, 18th, & 19th, 2010 1pm-7pm Check out some opening [...]

Entomological Dangler- New Work in Progress

This is a new kinetic piece that I’m working on for the upcoming Five Ton Crane Group art show on March 5th, 2010. The gears were given to me many years ago and have been sitting around the shop forever. I’ve always had it in my mind to assemble them in some way. It’ll operate [...]