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Posted: 20th Jun 2001
A friend was recently talking about making a flaming crown. Sort of like a fire-fan sticking up behind her head. That sounds like a good line to follow.If you keep the actual flamey bits on spars some distance from your head, you won't have to worry too much about your head getting hot. I'm currently exploring different metals with different levels of thermal conductivity. Unfortunately aluminum, which is very easy to work with, is highly conductive, so that's out. Brass is pretty easy to work with, and half as conductive.

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Posted: 20th Jun 2001
Humm yeah that would be alot easyer if I just had like small wicks on the end on rod somehow attached to a hat or somethin.. Also I'm tryin to think up some safe way of making fireballs by having something in my hand that can shoot the fuel into the air in front of me, somethin like a small spray bottle or a squrit gun.

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Posted: 21st Jun 2001
Oh brother. That sounds really dangerous. Like fire-breathing, but with less control. I can imagine the squirtgun literally blowing up in your hand.

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Posted: 24th Jun 2001
I have a Flaming Halo! I was going to use one of the metal hats from the war as a base but couldnt find one. So it has become a yellow hard hat with a piece of shower curtain rail and the screw end riveted through the top with some wire wound wick wick attatched to a wire cross at the top. It's 20cm above the hat and slightly warm! Gives a nice yellow glow through the top and is great in the snow. It has a quick release chin strap too so it doesnt fall off. The screw thread means I can leave the hat on for easy dipping too. It's kind of a bit Arthur Brown, a bit teletubbie, a bit angel and a bit village people but cool all the same.As for tricks, I have had fire breathing over my head - WOW! But be very very careful. Make sure your clothes are fire proofed and have the breather close too you and breathing up at 45 degrees through the flame from your back. Otherwise you can get covered in fuel.It's also great for lighting peoples poi. Just take a bow and they can light off your head. But the original idea was for busking. In a group you get far more cash if someone walks round with a bucket and a flaming hat is relatively safe to walk up to people and chat with!Good luck!

Posted: 25th Jun 2001
This is not really the same....but during the first festival I performed fire in there was this one fire spinner with dreds and she was attempting to spin them over her head and lit her hair on fire...it wasn't too bad though...not much damage....keep that in mind...