Festival Canopy

Lacey Lewis · 03-27-2006, 11:24 AM

Update: I managed to get the tent set up to take pics, but I will need to buy a new tent for the actual fairs, the 1st of which is May 7th. For this picture, I put new nuts and bolts throuhg the joints, and since the sides were so bent up I tied some twine to the joints from the inside, strung it out through the side wall, and tied it to a fence. The side appears straight in the pic, and I don't think that you'd see the string unless I pointed it out.

Luckily the bright sun also blew out the dirt, grass, and rust stains on the cover!

I am looking at some of what they have at Dick Blick, so if anyone has any reccomandations about tents available there please let me know.

Also, Chris, how much would you say each of your home-made weights weighs?

Enzie Shahmiri · 03-28-2006, 12:14 PM

Hi Lacey,

The tent looks just fine and there are no signs of the trauma sustained.

I am sure you have no problem getting accepted with this preliminary set up. I wish you the best of luck and hope that the show will bring you many new commissions.

Lacey Lewis · 03-28-2006, 12:30 PM

Thanks Enzie! I am rather impressed with how well the picture turned out, considering the condition that the tent is really in.

Now I wish I would have taken a picture when it was caught in the clothesline, bending and twisting, just for fun. I could've joked about submitting that photo!

Chris Saper · 03-28-2006, 10:58 PM

Lacey so sorry for the delay- I just took the scale down to the weight. The weight I picked was 20.5 pounds.

Carrying two of the weights at a time is a comfortable thing on my own. Maybe I could go 35 pounds, but there is alot of stuff I have to carry otherwise..a single woman putting up a tent is not easy.

Chris Saper · 03-28-2006, 11:04 PM

ps Before I bought my tent I talked to a quite a few exhibitors. Costco had the Caravan which was really inexpensive. EVeryone said that The Caravan was heavy and unweildy and that EZ- UPwas easier.

I don't doubt it but there is nothing easy about EZup.At least for me.

I got my tent on EBAY -a great deal.An EZ tent with 4 walls and a canopy for ( guessing here) about $450

I would not mind NEVER setting it up again.

Lacey Lewis · 03-28-2006, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Saper

ps Before I bought my tent I talked to a quite a few exhibitors. Costco had the Caravan which was really inexpensive. EVeryone said that The Caravan was heavy and unweildy and that EZ- UPwas easier.

I don't doubt it but there is nothing easy about EZup.At least for me.

I got my tent on EBAY -a great deal.An EZ tent with 4 walls and a canopy for ( guessing here) about $450

I would not mind NEVER setting it up again.

Thanks for the info! Anyone heard anything about "King Canopy?"

Lacey Lewis · 03-28-2006, 11:05 PM

Thanks, Chris! Your weights are nice looking, do you use more than one on a corner? I am so paranoid now, I think I'll aim for 40-50 lbs per pole!

I weighed one of my cinder blocks, and it was almost 50 lbs, but not as attractive.

Now I'll just have to find some beefy guys to haul it all around for me. I'm not very muscley myself.

Chris Saper · 03-28-2006, 11:10 PM

My PVC tubes were actually 3" - you could go 4 or 5 inches but the question is, could you carry them. I used one per pole and I liked that they are very slim and I could attach them to each corner very unobtrusively,

My very limited experience here was that I had about 1.5 hours of daylight to setup. I hired a boy scout to help me. Depending upon the venue the set up time can be very short.

Chris Saper · 03-28-2006, 11:12 PM

pps All this thought makes me have to sign off to go to the gym. Sigh.

Lacey Lewis · 03-28-2006, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Saper

My PVC tubes were actually 3" - you could go 4 or 5 inches but the question is, could you carry them. I used one per pole and I liked that they are very slim and I could attach them to each corner very unobtrusively,

My very limited experience here was that I had about 1.5 hours of daylight to setup. I hired a boy scout to help me. Depending upon the venue the set up time can be very short.

Maybe I will just make double the number of weights and attach two to each pole. It would mean more trips, but I do not want another tent flying away!

Yeah, I'm off to put in my Pilates video.