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Laura Blechle from South Telegraph Christian Church in St. Louis, MO brings us this flourishy set design.
They made 4’ x 4’ panels out of 2”x2”’s and ¼” luan. They took an ivy pattern, traced it onto plywood, cut it out and created a template. Then they layed out their panels and used the template to create a running vine up the panels.
Once they were all cut, they painted them using a ragging off technique. They were hung with a wire running through the framing boards and separated with little wire cable clamps. The lights against the back scrim shone through the cut-outs in the panels.
Finally, it was framed with sheer curtains that were gathered with a fat rope and stuffed with batting to give a Victorian feel.
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I LOVE this look. Very classy. Well done.
VERY cool use of the curtains and design overall!
This is UNBELIEVABLE, Just stunning, I can’t stop looking at it. What a beautiful setup, thank you for sharing this :)
very nice! Is there any way to get the design templates you made?
Sorry Vince, we cut it up and threw it out when we were done. It’s easy to create your own by finding a design you like online and printing it out on an overhead projector sheet. Then with the use of an overhead projector you can easily trace it onto wood or cardboard to create a template. Good Luck.
I have been looking all over for a similar template and can’t find anything. Has anyone had any luck?
I located the patterns we worked from and uploaded them to Qdrive.net. You can download the files from here:
Flourish Pattern
http://qdrive.net/stcTech/file/247801/c65d296446ced7ba06d1e498904b3235
Flourish Panel Layout
http://qdrive.net/stcTech/file/247802/4900ad4bfd2750405db409e7a397805b
Thank you Laura. Again, awesome job. I think we are going to try this for Dec and leave up all the next year. We just transformed from a maroon plain back wall to what is on here called “Mod” So, I’m trying to get our people use to change. ;)
we ended up making our own flourish pattern as were short on time.
thought Id share how ours came out. thanks for the inspiration
We backed each piece with coroplast, and aimed color lights from behind to make the white glow different colors to match the color theme of the stage.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gracefellowshipchurch/6836215231/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gracefellowshipchurch/6836215185/in/photostream/lightbox/
if I get a chance I’ll take a pic with the lights on.
Can you tell what type of cable clamp you used and where you found them?
I bought the clamps at Home Depot – if you look them up online, they are called Lehigh wire clamps. These will hold the panels in place so the spacing is what you want.
Laura – thanks for the info. I’m new to this, can you tell how you attached it at the ceiling? What gauge did wire did you use?