JON SARRIUGARTE

Bolier Bar Show at the crucible

We had our first show last week and boy was it fun. Everyone seem to love our tongue in cheek turn of the century oil town bar. The girls were amazing and really warmed the place despite the cold wind from outside.

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The Boiler Bar Dancers

Boiler Bar in action

I brought out 7 of my Zen Fire Gardens. The biggest attraction was the heat they gave off (it was cold), but once near the warmth they then discovered how fun they are to play with and watch.

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The Circassian Beauties

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Gibson Pearl

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Mitara

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Holly Volatile

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I want to thank: Christopher Schardt for sound, Christopher Brooks for fire safety, Rich Sciortino, Katherine Summer for costumes,  the Crucible and staff, and lastly the dancers for all their hard work both on stage and off.

The stage

Scottie came by for a day last week to lend a hand welding the stage up. She got the basic platform done.

Here Hino adds the stairs he designed. He also added legs with adjustable feet to level it out.

Next we cut plywood for the top and started making the mounts for the back drop we painted last week. Where am I going to store all this stuff?

Scottie practicing her fire eating for the upcoming show at the crucible this week.

Boiler Bar Theater back drop is done

Here I’m cleaning up the edges, adding the fringe back in and doing some doodles around the number on the bottom. I’d forgotten how nice old lead paint is to work with. The colors are so thick.

Now it’s time to make it old. I painted one side with good old orange shellac. It really warms up the whole thing and gives it that tea stained/old smoke look.

Here it is completed. I’m really amazed at how great this looks. I’m going to be doing a lot more painting both on canvas and on my metal work.

The family ready for the stage.

The Crucible’s “Hot Couture” featuring the Boiler Bar

The Crucible is hosting the Hot Couture fashion show this Jan 17th, 18th, 19th with a blazing showcase of wearable art from Bay Area designers, awe-inspiring fire performances, aerial artistry, fire arts demonstrations, and myself as the featured fire artist along with the Boiler Bar Theater performers.

I’ll have several of my Zen fire gardens to play with all 3 nights. In addition to keeping everyone warm, these interactive works are fun to play with. I’ll provide tools that you can draw designs in the sand and watch fire fill the voids. It’s mesmerizing to watch.

The Boiler Bar

Belly Dancing

We took inspiration from the 1920’s Oil rush to create the Boiler Bar and Boiler Bar Theater.

The bar is riveted top to bottom and topped with a fire show that for a tip will get you a 8 foot fire ball from the bar tender.

I have created 4 Zen Fire Gardens that will amaze a sober patron and wow the eyes.

While enjoying the warmth of our fire and the comfort of a drink you can take in the sights of exotic belly dancers, fire performers, and readings from the biggest little stage, at the “Boiler Bar Theater”.

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Performers:

Boiler Bar Theater

 Justian and I are working the new backdrop to the small stage we are going to add to the Boiler Bar

Justian chalks in the lettering using a over head projector and starts to fill in the shadows.

With the letters now filled in I start to put a base coat down for the boiler bar sign and corners of the pendant.

Justian puts the finishing touches on the shadow of the lettering and I grab a scotch to admire our progress.

Now the Boiler Bar medallion gets painted and I begin the curtain shadows.

The next few hours are spent adding the touches that give it depth.

3:30am and we are beat. Everything is really coming together and standing in front you feel like your looking at a real stage. Justian did a great job! I learned a lot working with him on this and look forward to more banner projects. It amazed me how simple and loose the details could be, but together the layers make it look so complicated when we were done.

Next I have to add the fringe back, clean up a few lines, and begin the aging process to make it look old. Again my thanks goes out to Justian for teaching me the tricks of the trade and all his hours of work.

Boiler Bar Video

Here is some video Rich shot at Todd Blair’s benefit
Links to photo’s from the event:

http://srl.org/shows/events/todd/images.html

Boiler Bar from jonsarriugarte on Vimeo.

The Ball

What a night! Here are some pictures I took right before we opened. I was so busy the rest of the night I never got a shot of the 700+ people that came to support Todd Blair.

Getting ready

Enjoying a quite drink, while Alan chums the tip jar

A good tip got a response from the bar tenders

Brian, Ellen, and Amy ready to go

Kent’s Mule artcar. Sorry Todd no one had a horse version.

The Yard space. This space was packed all night.

Steamed Hot Dog raised over $300!

Christopher was the ever present, but never seen fire safety officer.

Blair’s Bars are Done!

Zolie and Babalou wonder where the customers are?

Blair’s bar being tested. Alan, Baba, Rich, Zolie, and I got it ready for the event.

Rich of Sciortino Design Group did a great job on the sign.

Blair’s Bar

The sign for the top is now done!

The twins tipping their hats to Todd.
Flames are now tested and ready to put on the bar.

Close up. You can just see the pull chains on the back for Big flame fun.

Boiler Bar

The metal work is all done, and now we are awaiting the plumbing parts for the fire balls, and the chemicals to patina the steel. It’s been really fun to play with rivets and even though most of these are fake there are rules as to where they go to make it look real. I’m really looking forward to finishing this next week complete with logo’s, fire, and draft beer!