Egg, Serpent and Fire

The Serpent Mother, 2006

Photo by Waldemar Horwat, in Nevada Magazine

The Serpent Mother is a sculpture of a skeletal serpent coiled around and protecting her egg. Propane fueled flame effects light up the top of each vertebra. Six foot high jets of flame shoot from each vertebra when participants push buttons near the base of the sculpture or by computer control. The neck and jaw are operated by pneumatic cylinders. The top of the arch of her back is 6 m off the ground. Each of her teeth is lit from within by fire and her underbelly is lit by undulating computer controlled LEDs. The egg has a finely worked copper shell. It opens and shoots colored liquid methanol flame effects. The whole piece burns approximately 2 tons of propane per evening.
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Over a hundred people at a time can stand inside the area enclosed by her curving body, being kept warm and entertained by the fires burning around them.

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