a paper shanty, retired

I thought I should update this in case anyone stumbles across the blog. a paper shanty is no longer available to be seen at the birchwood cafe. It has gone into a well deserved retirement. For more information on the 2010 art shanty projects, check out the art shanty projects website

The Shanty is at the Birchwood Cafe!

movin day

.......because anna's taller

cameraman, I.bros

Goodbye Paper Shanty

Paper Shanty Disassembled (Timelapse) from Isaac Bros on Vimeo.

maker shakers

thanks medicine lake

Not your momma's fishin' house.

the tower of paper

winter bike shanty camping

jeff, joel, blake, reuben, and I biked out to the shanty on friday the 6th to enjoy a night of fun in the shanty!

reuben even made the journey.  he's so tough.

Shawn Neary of The Wapsipinicon

music in the shanty!

It's Official: I'm one of those people who dress up their dogs.

wednesday night at the movies

kickoff weekend

Deconstructing

Paper Shanty Deconstruct from Isaac Bros on Vimeo.

Assembling on the Ice!

Paper Shanty Timelapse from Isaac Bros on Vimeo.

shanty out

INvited

strippers

zillions of corrugated cardboard strips are cut to 3.5 inches and glued together to make the other end wall.  The one with the door.  wow!

circles make nice walls

These are circles that we are placing in the large end wall panel to create interesting overlapping patterns and shadows while allowing generous amounts of light into the space.

The dandy shanty

wedges have edges

clerestory!

strung together

More Walls

after some beating, they conformed.

The walls get strung.

sealing ends in sunlight!

We sealed the tube ends before attaching them to their bases and forming them into panels.  We used mod podge, as we only needed to use one coat, and it's waterbased and non-toxic, meaning it should not affect the recycling process.  wahoo for puzzle glue!

Drilling it straight

the tubes are resting in the jig.  hi liz.

jeffrey and blake.  blake held the tubes steady on one end and gave them a line of graphite while jeffrey drilled the holes, using the jig that was made earlier in the week.  

Drilling Holes

a jig for drilling straight holes through 4.25 inch paper tubes.

our pile o' spacers!  These nestle between each tube, creating a 3/4 inch gap and allowing a aluminum cable to run the length of the wall to increase rigidity.  They were cut from scrape pieces of 2x4 in the piet maas' woodshop.
Isaac, Mark, and Jeffrey drilled holes in each and every spacer, so we could string an aluminum cable all the way through the walls.  

more party.

joel shows us his best origami face.  joel is a fantastic member of the paper shanty team and he is also one of the speediest paper-space stringers around these parts.  you can ask anyone.

Jeff and Amanda happened to their fashions on the same page.  red christmas sweaters are the new black.

linnea and dylan are folding to the max!  claudette is just socializing, but i would say she increases morale around the otherwise serious table of origamists.  

 who's that naked man in the window?

it looks suspiciously as though you may be trying to leave isaac....are you sure you want to go?

sushi rolls

I got to make sushi for the first time ever!  thanks to kimmy and yunis, it went smoothly!

OrigamiParty!!

Our origami party was an awesome success filled with folding faces and happy smiles.  I suppose there was some frustration, but we ended up with a nice box overflowing with paper creatures, a pair of pink paper pants even made their way in.  The party was a pre-party for the paper shanty and a way for us to gather some initial decor for the ceiling of the space.  Thanks to all who made it, and a special thanks to jen and amanda for being wonderful hosts!!  see you all on the ice january 17th for more fun!

homepage it

Just as a heads up for everyone needing to get their paper folding/icefishing in-a-paper-shanty plans in order, you can find the calendar,(along with great images from previous years) at http://www.artshantyprojects.org/

tube tube a tuber

lazer line fun time

The pluggers fasten the plugs

claudette and joel are quite the duo, check them out.  i think they move at warp speeds, one can hardly make them out at times.

Cutting takes skills and tools.

mark expertly makes the most precise cuts!

Don't forget the HOLES!

the holes are for fish.  don't forget the holes.

we made a floor today!

we made a floor today! It's not quite paper, but it's for feet and snow. 

It's a marvelous machine.

Wooden plugs will be mainly used to attach and/or close the ends of our paper tubes.

This is the machine at Badger Plug- in Wisconsin, that made our wooden plugs out of scrap plywood.

all tucked in

our tubes resting at the soap factory.

the journey

The tubes have been successfully transported (in the snow) from LCH Packaging in Mendota Heights to the Soap Factory.  Thanks to the energy, thoughtfulness, and expertise of three awesome dudes at LCH, the project is off to a wonderful start!

A what? out of what?

A paper shanty is an ice (fishing) shanty made of paper.  It will be, in the near future, a happy member of Art Shanty Project on medicine lake, near minneapolis, mn.  Every and all are invited to visit our creation and ponder the possibilities of paper.   This blog is a way for us (the paper shanty team) and others to stay up-to-date on recent happenings and to see cool pictures. tubular!

a paper stool...in pieces

The beginning.

We have begun the hands-on process of this project. This is an image taken during the making of a paper tube stool that will provide either a sitting or a folding surface in our shanty.