I realize that I never discussed an amazing aspect of A Moveable Feast: the flaming chandelier.
While we were putting together the Feast and getting it ready for Burning Man, we knew that we had to involve some fire art. Â I was slammed with rebuilding the entire rear-end drivetrain of the Feast as we had completely over-torqued the transmission. Â However, one of my volunteers, Bill, was very enthusiastic about a fire chandelier, and heavily encouraged me to get it done as well. Â He went so far as to invite a copper artist down from Oakland to fly down and help.
I don’t like to stand in the way of enthusiasm, so I ordered some copper spheres, some copper flower parts, and started testing some flaming nozzle ideas. Â Wind resistance is very important for Burning Man and the reliability of any fire art, frankly. Â I got a single nozzle roughly working right before Ken Griswa showed up to put it all together. Â Bill, Ken, and I discussed our vision for the chandelier and immediately jived. Â I set Ken up with the tools I had and he quickly got to work. Â What an amazing artist! Â Â After a day he had put this shiny copper masterpiece together:
We used bronze wool to keep the flame lit during a gust of wind. Â The flame goes dim and jumps to the “sheltered” side of the puff of wool, but it quickly relights when the wind subsides. Â Even during the harsh dust storms of Burning Man it held up great! Â The Fire Chandelier did a fantastic job of setting the mood for a decadent meal on the playa.
 I realized that the fire chandelier would work great for setting the mood during an outdoor party as well.  I built a stand that utilized the “shepherd hook” of the Feast and would hold the chandelier for the guests of a party.  I could see utilizing this in the backyard just as easily.
In fact, if you’re interested in a fire chandelier for your backyard or any other outdoor venue, please let me know. Â Ken and I would love to put some more together! Â It can run on propane or natural gas with no problems.
Looks amazing! Unfortunately I’m Australian otherwise I’d order one for sure.
Quite curious how it works – is the fuel stored in the sphere and fed out to the flames via the tubes? If so, how do you regulate this flow? (6 tiny flame-throwers would definitely look cool, but not great for my property value)
We can always ship one! 🙂 The fuel is piped in from above through a rubber hose. We can change the pressure on the propane at the regulator to adjust the flame height. The spheres are hollow, so they all fill with propane. The hard part is drilling the tiny holes at the end of each flower piece. Glad you enjoy it! I’m looking forward to putting one in my backyard as well.
Hi Dan,
I have been building an outdoor kitchen that is off the grid, so powered by Propane and Solar.
I saw your Fire Chandelier and thought two of these would be perfect hung from the ridge beam to cast a great light on the area.
Could you give me a little more information on the Chandelier and perhaps what you would charge to build two and ship them to Canada?
Thanks
Doug
Doug, I’d be happy to build you a couple of Fire Chandeliers. I can describe to you exactly what you’ll need to make it happen.
Send me an email at busby.daniel@gmail.com and we can discuss pricing, and any questions you might have.
Cheers,
Dan
Hi! I,m interested in the struture that you have the chandelier hanging from. I have been looking for a curved boom type hanger that I can stake into the ground to hang a candle chandelier from over a patio table wher I don,t have any overhead structure to hang it from. The structure that the chandelier is hanging from in the third picture above looks exactly like what I’ve been looking for.
Can you please provide some info about that?
The chandelier hook was made by using a tube roller. You can see a photo of it during construction on this page. We ran the plumbing/electrical through the tube, and welded some a ball to the end for aesthetics. It was a workout, but a lot of fun to build.