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Here is our float, complete with everyone on it. We had a gay couple, a lesbian couple, and a het couple. And a minister "performing" the marriages. Our float got the loudest cheers and a lot of attention. Unfortunately our abbreviation UU made everyone think we were the University of Utah's float instead of the Unitarian Universalist's. But the good banner that read Unitarian Universalist was locked in the church that morning and none of us had keys to get it out. Oh well, it's the message not the medium that's important. Of course it was a little annoying when the University ITSELF claimed credit for the float...
This installation includes 2 of Chihuly's wooden rowboats, one with Ikebana elements, and another with Niijima Floats. Their origins date to 1995 in Nuutajärvi, Finland, where Chihuly experimented with temporary installations along the shore of the nearby river and tossed glass forms into it to see how the glass would interact with water and light.
Local teenagers gathered the drifting glass in rowboats, inspiring Chihuly to create a new type of installation with a variety of forms including the two seen here: Ikebana and Niijima Floats.
This is the award-winning float that we worked on. We applied the pistachio nut shells to the "palm trees" (or at least attempted to.
This was taken at the end of the parade route, where the floats were on display.
Image processed with GIMP.
Mrs @formalplay and I went to the float display after the tournament of roses parade. Seeing the floats here was way better than the parade. We could get up close and see the ones we liked.
Although, I had Elliott Smith in my head the entire time.
If you look closely, you will see the old float arm (top) is considerably longer than the replacement sending unit's arm on the new unit (bottom).
My only choice: extent the arm to where the full sweep agrees with the depth of the tank it is to be installed into.
i did bend the sender tube to project near to the bottom of the tank, so the sock doesn't get worn thru from fuel slosh.