Designer, Builder and Artist, Kevin Clark from Reared In Steel, has created amazing art projects for Burning Man, including the Rhino Redemption art car, Medusa Madness for Carnival of Mirrors 2015 and brought back for Da Vinci’s Workshop 2016. He also created Guardiano Leon for Da Vinci’s Workshop 2016, and Flower Tower at Radical Ritual, 2107. The Flower Tower is an 80 foot tall metal structure ornately decorated by thousands of painted metal flowers, some of which blew fire. His partner, Michelle Ramatici, oins us. Our conversation includes what it is like to bring out large, metal art sculptures to Black Rock City and how they engaged their local communities to help create their art. Photographraphy by Yi Yang
Music by Duckman on Soundcloud
Links associated with this podcast www.facebook.com/rearedinsteel
Peter Hazel, the artist who brought you the Octavius last year and Fly By Manta Ray in 2015 is back again with more art with tiles. This time, it’s a giant jellyfish comprised of hundreds of smaller recycled glass jellyfish. It’s so big that it there’s a 24 foot platform inside the dome 35 feet above ground. It’s a huge art endeavor and we talk to Peter about 40 days before the man burns in 2017. He talks about the challenge of completing a big art project when it’s crunch time and when plans don’t always fit into place. It’s crunch time and Peter’s pushing through! 
INTO THE FIRE 